[Bug 234184] Re: "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package [aptitude has no --purge]

[Daniel Hartwig]

Aptitude has no option ‘--purge’, this command line actually triggers
‘--purge-unused’ whose behaviour is correct.  In the future we will
support ‘--purge’ as apt-get does and also fail for unrecognized
options.

This is importance: wishlist and not higher as there is no documented
expectation for a ‘--purge’ option.


** Summary changed:

- "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package
+ "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package [aptitude has no --purge]

** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package [aptitude has no
  --purge]

Status in “aptitude” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: aptitude

  "sudo aptitude remove --purge hello" is not the same as "sudo aptitude
  purge hello".

  The "--purge" option gets recognized by aptitude but does not cause
  purging of the package (unlike "apt-get remove --purge").

  This is with aptitude 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 on Ubuntu Hardy.

  TEST CASE:
  1. sudo apt-get install hello
  2. sudo aptitude remove --purge hello
  => Look for "{p}" in the package list. (should not be there)

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