Bug 5390 – FEATURE? rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compresses manpages.

Bug 5390 - FEATURE? rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compresses manpages.

Summary:	FEATURE? rpm -e <pkg> doesn't remove compresses manpages.

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	rpm (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All Linux

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Assigned To:	David Lawrence
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Reported:	1999-09-27 05:29 EDT by thomas.steudten
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	1999-09-27 11:31:12 EDT
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Description thomas.steudten 1999-09-27 05:29:15 EDT

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 11:31:59 EDT

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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