Comment 5 for bug 1101836

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Aron Xu (happyaron) wrote : Re: [Bug 1101836] Re: Needs to keep hands off when removed but not purged

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:30 PM, Osamu Aoki <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 07:27:09AM -0000, Aron Xu wrote:
>> It wasn't mine, I purge im-switch before installing im-config - actually
>> I've been using im-config on Ubuntu for more than a year. It was
>> reported by a user to me, and after examining his /etc/X11
>> configurations I found this was the cause. We need to have a solution
>> for those files that aren't automatically removed since they behave
>> badly when both packages are present.
>>
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>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1101836
>>
>> Title:
>> Needs to keep hands off when removed but not purged
>
> Aron, can you forward this bug to upstream properly by reporting with
> full context.
>
> I think we need to deal with this issue on Debian too.
>
> Basically, I think these hook script should be deactivated if there is
> no package installed. Let's think... policy complient solution.
>

I haven't examine the user's configurations in more details, it's the
reason why I haven't reported to you. I'll look into it ASAP and send
it to Debian BTS.

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Regards,
Aron Xu