After playing glhack, I noticed this in my cron output: /etc/cron.monthly/debsums: /var/games/glhack/logfile /var/games/glhack/record It looks like glhack overwrites files shipped in the package: $ apt-file show glhack | grep /var glhack: /var/games/glhack/logfile glhack: /var/games/glhack/perm glhack: /var/games/glhack/record Instead, they should be removed from the package and created by the game when it starts and removed by the package purge process.