[LUNI] Debian config files I just can't purge

[Joe Frost]

--- Martin Maney <maney at pobox.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 05:13:40AM -0800, Joe Frost wrote:
> > I'd like to purge the config files for these
> > packages so they quit showing up in my dpkg -l.
> > But I can't seem to figure out the full name
> > of the package to purge it.  Is there anywhere
> 
> I think you want 'dpkg --get-selections' for this.

Thanks worked marvelously!

# dpkg --get-selections | awk '/deinstall$|purge$/{print $1}' |xargs
dpkg --purge

Joe

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