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Re: Bug#218861: apt: apt-get should warn about removing required packages



On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 06:52:08AM +0000, Colin Watson wrote:

> Libraries can't be essential, because it would make it too hard to
> remove them when their sonames change.

Understood...but I was actually asking why policy seems to say that a system
lacking Priority: required packages could have a broken packaging system,
which as far as I know should not be the case unless they are removed with
--force-depends.

-- 
 - mdz



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