smxi not removing liquorix kernel cruft

[Snowhog]

I'm using the 2.6.31-0.dmz.7-liquorix-686 i686 (32 bit) kernel. Having had some trouble installing the .30 archived kernel via smxi today (not a sxmi issue), and dealing with a printing problem in this running kernel (got it fixed), I purged cups (apt-get purge '^cups*') and then reinstalled what was removed and some select recommended packages. I noticed an error at the end of the installation. It was refering to a liquorix kernel that I do not have installed (it was removed by smxi some time ago). Hmm, I says. How can that be? So I went looking.

I used locate as follows:
locate *2.6.30-* > 2.6.30-.list
locate *lqx.*liquorix* > lqx_cruft.list

The results:
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 951676 2009-10-05 21:10 2.6.30-.list
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 36357 2009-10-05 21:17 lqx_cruft.list

The amount of pre-.31 cruft left on my system was a shock! I'm sure that this isn't supposed to be the case, is it? I regularly use the smxi cleanup options, to include the one that looks for cruft.

I'm more than happy to provide the two files for review.

Paul

[techAdmin]

maybe there's some error in the cruft detection method, don't know.

[Snowhog]

Thank you h2, for getting this resolved last night. Wasn't a smxi issue at all. A previously 'failed' kernel install was the culprit. With you're help (and TheBlunderBuss) last night, I got it all straightened out.

You rock dude!