[PLUG] apt-get remove

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

I've noticed that "apt-get remove" doesn't always remove everything.
Configuration files are reasonable if I have modified them, but, for
example, it sometimes leaves cron jobs behind.  Here's an example:

    jeff@astra:~ $ dpkg -l uucp
    Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
    | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
    |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
    ||/ Name           Version        Description
    +++-==============-==============-============================================
    rc  uucp           1.07-17        Unix to Unix Copy Program
    jeff@astra:~ $ for f in $(dpkg -L uucp); do if [ -e $f ]; then echo $f; fi; done
    /etc/uucp/Poll
    /etc/uucp/expire
    /etc/logrotate.d/uucp
    /etc/pam.d/uucp
    /etc/cron.d/uucp
    /var/log/uucp
    /var/spool/uucp
    jeff@astra:~ $

I haven't been able to determine if this is intended behavior or a
package bug against which I should file a bug report.  Anyone know
what's intended?

-- 
 Jeff

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