Re: dnf remove question

On Sun, 2026-06-14 at 18:29 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote:
> 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.

Package installation (RPMs) have never installed files in user's
homespace, nor removed them during package uninstallation.  Files are
created/modified in there by the user's interaction with the program
(deliberate, or not).

It can also be the case that system-wide configurations inside /etc
*may* not be removed during RPM removal, since they may be user-
customised files rather than the defaults (though the defaults tend to
be inside /usr more often, nowadays).

This is one reason why the Windows-mentality of reinstalling does not
fix most problems on Linux (particularly if the problem is caused by
configuration).


> I took me five pages of questions and answers with ChatGPT
> to narrow down the problem.  Not funny to screw the user
> like this.

Just goes to show how good it isn't.

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