From: Andrea R. <ari...@pi...> - 2004-11-16 18:16:00
|
Uhm... I see, so I'm supposed to have been very very lucky... Anyway, could you explain this a little further? You say "according to its database", but which database? Do you mean the .deb file or dpkg keeps track of all the files it has installed since ever, and since /etc/pyxrc was the first file in that directory it removed it? Thanks, Andrea. On 16 Nov 2004, at 19:03, David R. Morrison wrote: > It's actually dpkg which is doing the work here, rather than fink. > > When dpkg discovers that a directory is empty (according to its > database), it removes that directory. > > if the directory is not really a directory, but is instead a symlink, > the symlink gets removed. > > This is actually fortunate in this case, since your /etc was *not* > erased as a result of this accident! > > -- Dave |