Bug 5390 - FEATURE? rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compresses manpages.
Summary: FEATURE? rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compresses manpages.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: rpm
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: David Lawrence
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Reported: 1999-09-27 09:29 UTC by thomas.steudten
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-09-27 15:31:12 UTC

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Description thomas.steudten 1999-09-27 09:29:15 UTC 
I think it should be a feature:
rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compressed manpages. man can
handle compressed manpages, so the better way is:
a) setup compressed manpages in packages or
b) add flag to rpm to remove compressed manpages.

Comments?
Comment 1 Jeff Johnson 1999-09-27 15:31:59 UTC 
Rpm removes *only* files that are in a package's file list. If you
want generated man pages to go away, set up a daily cron job that
automagically removes files older then N days.
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