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Bug#336019: tetex-base: Install fails for update-language



On 28.10.05 Frank Küster (frank@debian.org) wrote:
> Michael Piefel <piefel@debian.org> wrote:

Hi Michael,

> > It appears that the purging of tetex should at some point have at least
> > hinted at the existence of tex-common.
> 
> Why should it?  I think most people would be rather annoyed by
> that. Moreover there might be also other packages that install
> files in /etc/texmf, but do not depend on tetex-base or tex-common
> (e.g. because they only Recommend or Suggest it).
> 
> You should never remove any files or directories in the realm of
> dpkg unless you know what you are doing.  And "knowing" also
> involves bringing yourself up-to-date, or running
> 
> dlocate $directory_I_plan_to_remove
> 
Are these explanations sufficient. Can we close that bug now?

H.
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