Fresh Debian Install w/o Exim?
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From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 2 Mar 2010 11:30 In <d80f793f1003020728q1c15a3bt33e7e780b3dc16c7(a)mail.gmail.com>, Carlos Williams wrote: >On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ><bss(a)iguanasuicide.net> wrote: >> It's nothing to do with the order your installed packages. It is the >> difference between removed and purged. Confiles -- files where changes by >> the local administrator are preserved when upgrading -- are kept after >> removal. While this category covers files that are just configuration, it >> also covers init scripts and cron jobs. Confiles are not deleted when the >> program is removed -- so the configuration is preserved if this is just a >> temporary removal (required for some complex upgrades). Confiles are >> deleted when the package is purged. > >I thought I was purging the package, no? > >#apt-get remove --purge exim4 See my earlier reply on why this might not get all the exim files. Summary: Most of the files aren't in a package called "exim4". Use (aptitude search '~c') to see programs in the "Configured" state -- removed but not purged. Use (aptitude purge '~c') to remove those confiles. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
From: Sven Joachim on 2 Mar 2010 11:30 On 2010-03-02 15:54 +0100, Carlos Williams wrote: > If you remove Exim manually using apt-get --purge exim4 or if you > install an alternative MTA and the package manager uninstalls Exim, > either way you're left with this much mess & that doesn't include the > user accounts and groups: > > root(a)mail:~# locate exim > [snip] > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-base.list > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-base.postrm > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.list > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-config.postrm > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-daemon-light.list > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4-daemon-light.postrm > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4.list > /var/lib/dpkg/info/exim4.postrm Well, you did *not* purge the exim4 packages if these files exist. Run "dpkg --purge exim4{,-base,-config,-daemon-light}" and see if anything is left then. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87wrxuwuy1.fsf(a)turtle.gmx.de
From: Robert Holtzman on 2 Mar 2010 13:30 On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 09:54:51AM -0500, Carlos Williams wrote: > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:23 AM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac(a)gmx.de> wrote: > > Please elaborate. Which files are left? > > > > Sven > > If you remove Exim manually using apt-get --purge exim4 or if you > install an alternative MTA and the package manager uninstalls Exim, > either way you're left with this much mess & that doesn't include the > user accounts and groups: The command you ran was not apt-get --purge exim4 but (from your original post) apt-get remove --purge exim4. Is there any chance apt-get invoked remove and ignored purge? -- Bob Holtzman Key ID: 8D549279 "If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer"
From: Carlos Williams on 2 Mar 2010 13:40 On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 1:14 PM, Robert Holtzman <holtzm(a)cox.net> wrote: > The command you ran was not apt-get --purge exim4 but (from your > original post) apt-get remove --purge exim4. Is there any chance apt-get > invoked remove and ignored purge? I just got everything sorted out. If I run: # apt-get remove --purge exim4* This purges a bunch more. I think thats the best I am going to get on Debian...until we have the choice to omit specific packages. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d80f793f1003021031o778e71fav9ec53faae65c4e08(a)mail.gmail.com
From: John Hasler on 2 Mar 2010 14:20
Carlos Williams writes: > This purges a bunch more. I think thats the best I am going to get on > Debian...until we have the choice to omit specific packages. You do have that choice. -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87tysyczt4.fsf(a)thumper.dhh.gt.org |