Bug#138196: dpkg: pretends that libwmf0.2 is not installed

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 09:44:41PM +0100, José Luis González wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.9.19
> Severity: normal
> 
> I am unable tu purge libxml2. dpkg claims libwmf0.2 depends on it and so
> does not allow removal, but libwmf0.2 is not installed according to dpkg:
> 
> $ dpkg -P libwmf0.2
> dpkg - warning: ignoring request to remove libwmf0.2 which isn't installed.
> $ dpkg -P libxml2
> dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of libxml2:
>  libwmf0.2-2 depends on libxml2 (>= 2.4.0-1).
            ~~
> dpkg: error processing libxml2 (--purge):
>  dependency problems - not removing
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  libxml2
> 
> I managed to get rid of libwmf0.2 with apg-get: apt-get remove libwmf0.2
> removed it correctly. I did not try dpkg --remove.

You mistyped. Arguably this library is weirdly named, but oh well.

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