Quoting Carlos Williams on 2010-03-02 09:28:13: > I thought I was purging the package, no? > > #apt-get remove --purge exim4 As implied by Boyd in a sibling post, the package 'exim4' is what's termed a metapackage, a package whose only role is to pull in other packages via Depends. The package management toolchain doesn't assume you also want to purge the packages exim4 depends on. As It Should Be, IMHO. You can see this easily if you have package 'debtags' installed. In the description pane, you can see the package tags, one of which is role::metapackage. Probably the most succinct definition is in aptitude, actually. Start a new debtags browser view, and select role::metapackage. One of the References should have more information. I don't remember if it's the user or developer reference though -- no net access as I write this mail. -- _ Brian Ryans 8B2A 54C4 E275 8CFD 8A7D 5D0B 0AD0 B014 C112 13D0 . ( ) ICQ UIN: 43190205 | Mail/MSN/Jabber: BrianLRyans@gmail.com ..: X ASCII Ribbon Campaign Against HTML mail and v-cards: asciiribbon.org / \ Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
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