[pkg-fso-maint] Bug#528498: reprepro: better detail 'remove' command WRT package files

[Luca Capello]

Package: reprepro
Version: 3.5.2-6
Severity: wishlist
User: pkg-fso-maint at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: infrastructure-reprepro

Hi there!

The background for this bug is available at:

  http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-fso-maint/2009-May/001094.html

Basically, the manpage is not so clear about the 'remove' command:

  COMMANDS
  [..]
       remove codename package-names
              Delete  all  packages  in the specified distribution, that
              have package name listed as argument.
              (i.e. remove all packages list with the same arguments and
              options would list,  except  that  an
              empty package list is not allowed.)

I read this as not only remove all the references in Packages.gz, but
also as physically delete the corresponding package files.  Instead,
only the first action is performed (ATM I ignore how to do the second).

Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.1
  APT prefers stable
  APT policy: (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-xen-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages reprepro depends on:
ii  libarchive1            2.4.17-2          Single library to read/write tar,
ii  libbz2-1.0             1.0.5-1           high-quality block-sorting file co
ii  libc6                  2.7-18            GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libdb4.6               4.6.21-11         Berkeley v4.6 Database Libraries [
ii  libgpg-error0          1.4-2             library for common error values an
ii  libgpgme11             1.1.6-2           GPGME - GnuPG Made Easy
ii  zlib1g                 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-12 compression library - runtime

Versions of packages reprepro recommends:
ii  apt                      0.7.20.2+lenny1 Advanced front-end for dpkg

Versions of packages reprepro suggests:
pn  gnupg-agent                   <none>     (no description available)
pn  inoticoming                   <none>     (no description available)

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