Re: dnf remove question

Samuel Sieb <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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.

I have no idea what the second line is supposed to say.

dnf does not touch user directories ever on install or remove.
I assume that xscreensaver itself sets up the autostart entry when it 
runs.  I don't see how that autostart entry would block another 
screensaver when the program doesn't even exist.

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