warnings on removal (cruft left behind)

[Zooko Wilcox-O'Hearn]

MAIN yumyum:~$ find /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18
find: /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18: No such file or directory
MAIN yumyum:~$ sudo debfoster xemacs21-nomule xemacs21-supportel
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-support
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-nomule xemacs21-support xemacs21-supportel
0 upgraded, 8 newly installed, 0 to remove and 706 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/28.7MB of archives.
After unpacking 88.9MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Reading package fields... Done
Reading package status... Done
Retrieving bug reports... Done

Preconfiguring packages ...
Selecting previously deselected package emacsen-common.
(Reading database ... 88029 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking emacsen-common (from .../emacsen-common_1.4.17_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package libcompfaceg1.
Unpacking libcompfaceg1 (from .../libcompfaceg1_1989.11.11-24ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-support.
Unpacking xemacs21-support (from .../xemacs21-support_21.4.18-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-bin.
Unpacking xemacs21-bin (from .../xemacs21-bin_21.4.18-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-basesupport.
Unpacking xemacs21-basesupport (from .../xemacs21-basesupport_2005.12.08-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-nomule.
Unpacking xemacs21-nomule (from .../xemacs21-nomule_21.4.18-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21.
Unpacking xemacs21 (from .../xemacs21_21.4.18-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package xemacs21-supportel.
Unpacking xemacs21-supportel (from .../xemacs21-supportel_21.4.18-1ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Setting up emacsen-common (1.4.17) ...
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor emacs

Setting up libcompfaceg1 (1989.11.11-24ubuntu1) ...

Setting up xemacs21-basesupport (2005.12.08-1ubuntu1) ...
Setting up xemacs21-support (21.4.18-1ubuntu1) ...

Setting up xemacs21-supportel (21.4.18-1ubuntu1) ...

Setting up xemacs21-nomule (21.4.18-1ubuntu1) ...
emacs-install xemacs21
install/dictionaries-common: Byte-compiling for emacsen flavour xemacs21
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/debian-ispell.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/dictionaries-common/ispell.elc
Done
emacsen-common: Handling install of emacsen flavor xemacs21
emacsen-common: byte-compiling for xemacs21
Loading /usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/debian-startup...
Loading 00debian...
Loading site-start...
Loading 00debian-vars...
Loading 50autoconf...
Loading 50dictionaries-common...
Loading /var/cache/dictionaries-common/emacsen-ispell-dicts.el...
Loading 50festival...
Loading 50mailutils-mh...
Loading 50psvn...
Loading 50python-docutils...
Loading 50sawfish...
Loading 50vc-svn...
Compiling /etc/xemacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.el...
Wrote /etc/xemacs21/site-start.d/00debian-vars.elc
Compiling /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.el...
Wrote /usr/share/xemacs21/site-lisp/debian-startup.elc
Done

Setting up xemacs21 (21.4.18-1ubuntu1) ...

Setting up xemacs21-bin (21.4.18-1ubuntu1) ...

MAIN yumyum:~$ sudo debfoster xemacs21-nomule- xemacs21-supportel-
xemacs21 is keeping the following 5 packages installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-bin xemacs21-support
Keep xemacs21? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N

xemacs21-bin is keeping the following 4 packages installed:
  emacsen-common libcompfaceg1 xemacs21-basesupport xemacs21-support
Keep xemacs21-bin? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N

xemacs21-support is keeping the following 1 packages installed:
  emacsen-common
Keep xemacs21-support? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Keep emacsen-common? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Keep libcompfaceg1? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Keep xemacs21-basesupport? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: N
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  emacsen-common* libcompfaceg1* xemacs21* xemacs21-basesupport* xemacs21-bin* xemacs21-nomule* xemacs21-support* xemacs21-supportel*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 8 to remove and 706 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 88.9MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
(Reading database ... 93947 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing xemacs21-supportel ...
Removing xemacs21-nomule ...
emacs-remove xemacs21
emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor xemacs21
emacsen-common: purging byte-compiled files for xemacs21
remove/dictionaries-common: Purging byte-compiled files for flavour xemacs21
Purging configuration files for xemacs21-nomule ...
Removing xemacs21-bin ...
dpkg - warning: while removing xemacs21-bin, directory `/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18' not empty so not removed.
Removing libcompfaceg1 ...
Removing xemacs21-basesupport ...
Removing xemacs21-support ...
Purging configuration files for xemacs21-support ...
Removing xemacs21 ...
Removing emacsen-common ...
emacsen-common: Handling removal of emacsen flavor emacs
Purging configuration files for emacsen-common ...
MAIN yumyum:~$ find /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18
/usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18
MAIN yumyum:~$
MAIN yumyum:~$ sudo rmdir /usr/lib/xemacs-21.4.18
MAIN yumyum:~$

[Lothar Braun (typecast)]

I can confirm this on edgy, too. There is also stuff left in /usr/share/xemacs-21.4.19/ after uninstalling the package.

[Kenan Brkic (kenci)]

I got following report when I tried to remove cruft. This is a first time that cruft remover is actually working, usually it just shows up but remains grey whole time.