Bug#681962: libgtk-3-0: removal of libgtk-3-0 makes files disappear from libgtk-3-common

Andreas Beckmann debian at abeckmann.de
Wed Aug 1 18:17:39 UTC 2012


On 2012-08-01 11:39, Michael Biebl wrote:
> I assume, piuparts only finds leftover files which are generated during
> install time? Especially for libraries I guess it's a bit tricky if they
> generate cache or temporary files during runtime.

Right. But after installation a program/library can only create cruft in
/etc/ or /var if it's run as root (or is setuid or so).

And I have seen a few packages creating cruft in /root during
installation (and filed bugs accordingly) ...


Andreas



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