May I suggest if we could design a tool like that 'Purge' of Debian, for this purpose? I'm not familiar with Debian's 'purge'. Does it clear any config files (etc.) that are *specific to one package*, or does it do a system-wide
purge of everything? In the latter case: I imagine it should be easy enough to make a tool that: - gets a list of all installed packages - gets a file list for each package - merges all these lists together (make a 'master list') - eliminates all files on the system that are not on the master list - (optional: gets zypper to reinstall all packages) Even a simple Perl script should be happy enough to do this... In practice, what you get is a RESET button that reinstalls the system from scratch, but preserves package selection. (On the other hand, you could just make an installation dvd for your chosen packages in SUSE Studio, and use that instead.) Haro -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org