Bug#66610: Please do not remove /var/lib/texmf when purging with '--force-depends'

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

On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 01:01:31AM +0900, Tetsuo Tomokuni wrote:
> The directory /var/lib/texmf is contained not only in tetex-base,
> but also in tetex-bin, etc. However current tetex-base remove this
> directory when it is purged with dpkg option '--force-depends'.
> If once it is done, system can not be turn back only because tetex-base
> is installed again, since subdirectory /var/lib/texmf/web2c has been
> removed already. Therefore, to turn back again, tetex-bin (or other
> package contains /var/lib/texmf/web2c) must be installed after
> installing tetex-base.
> I think this state is undesirable, so do not remove /var/lib/texmf
> when purging it (with '--force-depends'), please.

tetex-bin has a Depends: on tetex-base. dpkg won't let you remove tetex-base
unless you remove tetex-bin before. When you use dpkg with
--force-depends option, you willfully break stuff yourself. Package hasn't
got anything to do with that.

This bug report should be closed.

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