Re: [Evolution] open

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2017-12-29 at 06:39 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Dec 2017 17:53:03 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Uninstalled it, reinstalled it.  
> >
> > Virtually always a waste of time. Linux isn't Windows.
>
> Not necessarily. For example take Ubuntu's apt.
>
> "Removing a package removes all packaged data, but leaves usually
> small (modified) user configuration files behind, in case the
> remove was an accident. Just issuing an installation request
> for the accidentally removed package will restore its function as
> before in that case. On the other hand you can get rid of
> these leftovers by calling purge even on already removed packages. Note
> that this does not affect any data or configuration stored
> in your home directory." -
> http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/zesty/man8/apt.8.html
>
> If an Ubuntu user should mess up a config in e.g. /etc, then
> uninstalling a package using "purge" and after that installing it again
> very well could solve an issue.

How is this relevant to Evolution?

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