Re: Bug#32888: apt removes base without asking too much

[Santiago Vila <sanvila@unex.es>]

On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Jonathan P Tomer wrote:

> note that sometimes obsolete essential packages *are* supposed to be removed
> by apt. for instance: consoletools conflicts kbd, which is essential;
> slang0.99 is essential, but in potato (at least, possibly also slink) it's
> replaced by slang1.0 and can safely be removed; there are probably
> others. [...]

When I say essential, I mean "Essential: yes" in the control file.

kbd is not essential.
slang0.99 is not essential either.

I would be very interested to know other examples.

Thanks.

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