Bug#994412: Not easy to remove dummy package cleanly

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Subject: Bug#994412: Not easy to remove dummy package cleanly
From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 01:59:28 +0800
Message-id: <[🔎] 87zgsdvhxb.8.fsf@jidanni.org>
Reply-to: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>, 994412@bugs.debian.org

Package: debian-el
Version: 37.10

When I try to remove this dummy package, aptitude says
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  debian-el{p}  elpa-debian-el{pu} (D: debian-el)

But other dummy packages don't trigger this in aptitude.

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- Bug#994412: OK I removed both, then reinstalled one
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- Bug#994412: marked as done (Not easy to remove dummy package cleanly)
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