[Bug 815844] [NEW] apt-get purge does nothing

[Sergio Callegari]

Public bug reported:

On natty.

To reproduce

1) Set up things so that you have a package that is not installed, but for which configuration data is still present on the system
(not installed with residual config in synaptic).

2) at the prompt type
sudo apt-get purge <package>
or
sudo apt-get --purge remove <package>

What happens:

You see something like the following

sudo apt-get remove --purge grub
[sudo] password for callegar: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  grub*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

And the package is not purged

What should happen

You should see something like

sudo apt-get remove --purge grub
[sudo] password for callegar: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  grub*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Do you want to continue (y/n)?

And by saying yes you should have the package purged

** Affects: synaptic (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  apt-get purge does nothing

Status in “synaptic” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  On natty.

  To reproduce

  1) Set up things so that you have a package that is not installed, but for which configuration data is still present on the system
  (not installed with residual config in synaptic).

  2) at the prompt type
  sudo apt-get purge <package>
  or
  sudo apt-get --purge remove <package>

  What happens:

  You see something like the following

  sudo apt-get remove --purge grub
  [sudo] password for callegar: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    grub*
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

  And the package is not purged

  What should happen

  You should see something like

  sudo apt-get remove --purge grub
  [sudo] password for callegar: 
  Reading package lists... Done
  Building dependency tree       
  Reading state information... Done
  The following packages will be REMOVED:
    grub*
  0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
  Do you want to continue (y/n)?

  And by saying yes you should have the package purged

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