Re: Bug#275621: libc6-i686: deborphan flags it as an orphan (resulting in unintended removal)
On Sun, 10 Oct 2004, GOTO Masanori wrote:
> > > Perhaps test for the existence of deborphan and call
> > > deborphan -A libc6-i686
> > > during install, and
> > > deborphan -R libc6-i686
> > > at removal?
> >
> > This wishlist bug will likely never get done - The problem is that it
> > would be inconsistant if someone installed deborphan after installing
> > libc6-i686.
>
> Seconded.
>
> Note that there're other optimized package - libc6-sparcv9,
> libc6-sparcv9b.
>
> > Or something like that (/usr/share might be better) to inform it that it
> > might not be able to tell that this package is in use and is important.
> >
> > This would fix any package that gets dlopen'd too.
>
> Good point - deborphan can't also handle such packages without using -A.
>
> > Leaving this bug open for now, though. Feel free to reassign it to
> > deborphan. =)
>
> I reassign it to deborphan just now. Deborphan package maintainer,
> Peter, how about this wishlist bug report?
Well, libc6-i686 _is_ a library, and nothing depends on it. If the user
does not want it removed, they should either add it to their keep file,
or just not remove it when deborphan says it can be removed.
--
Peter
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