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Re: show all Suggests packages not installed



On Wed, 14 May 2003 09:36:57 -0700, Keegan Quinn <kquinn@respond2.com> said: 

>> The only solution I think is if dpkg were to take over
>> responsibility for deleting configuration files, so that the postrm
>> script doesn't have to worry.

> I think that in this situation, package a should check if a-beta is
> installed during its postrm purge, and avoid taking over...  Is
> there some reason you think this doesn't work?

	What if I am not aware of a-beta? What if a-beta does not
 exist when package a was created? What if there are several a-betas,
 and I miss a few?

	manoj

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