Re: dnf remove question

On 6/14/26 6:29 PM, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> On this bug I posted
> 
> xfce4-screensaver idle/lock failure after xscreensaver removal
> due to orphaned autostart desktop entries
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488676
> 
> The closed won't fix response was:
> 
>     "dnf remove" are not expected to touch user directory. It
>     can happen that user needs to do some "cleanup" manually.
> 
> Am I being "blown off" or is this actually the case?  If not
> the sue, why lease the system entries too?  It feels
> like a blow off.
> 
> Yours in Confusion,
> -T
> 
> I took me five pages of questions and answers with ChatGPT
> to narrow down the problem.  Not funny to screw the user
> like this.


It just occurred to me that if it in not "dnf remove's"
responsibility to remove thing out the user's directories,
why did it put them there when it did "dnf install"
in the first place.

This feels more and more like a blow off.
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