Subject: Bug#3448: Apache purge gives several error message

From: Giuliano Procida <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 14:05:34 +0100 (BST)

Package: apache

Lots of warning messages. However, at the end of it all, only /var/web
remains and is empty.

#dpkg --purge apache
(Reading database ... 14473 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing apache ...
no /usr/sbin/apache-httpd found; none killed.
dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/etc/httpd' not empty so not removed.
dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/log/apache-httpd' not empty so not removed.
dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/web/webspace' not empty so not removed.
dpkg - warning: while removing apache, directory `/var/web' not empty so not removed.
 Removing any system startup links to /etc/init.d/apache ...
   rc0.d/K20apache
   rc1.d/K20apache
   rc2.d/S20apache
   rc3.d/S20apache
   rc4.d/S20apache
   rc5.d/S20apache
   rc6.d/K20apache
Purging configuration files for apache ...

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From: Miquel van Smoorenburg <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 16:02:33 +0200 (MET DST)

> Lots of warning messages. However, at the end of it all, only /var/web

And why is this a bug? Seems fine to me. OK, it should probably remove /var/web
too, but the warning messages are nothing serious. That's just the way
dpkg works, I think.

Mike.
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