Re: Missing functions in debian's packaging system
On Wed, Sep 08, 1999 at 12:11:01PM -0500, Bruce Walzer wrote:
> This thread prompted me to play with the apt stuff a bit. Would the
> following be useful?
[snipped]
> The stuff in the Dependencies section could be attacked with sed/cut or the
> like and fed directly to a "dpkg --purge" for a _real_ ugly hack. It would
> be very important not to go "dpkg --purge --force-depends".
I thought about that, and yes it could be done. But I was hoping that it would
one day be implemented "properly" inside dpkg or apt. Just a feature for the
wishlist, I guess...
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