Removing obsolete packages
>>>>> "Lukas" == Lukas Eppler <debian@fear.ch> writes:
Lukas> Hi, When I remove a package, which contains files also
Lukas> contained in other packages, is it removed?
Lukas> Or, if I remove a file from perl-base, is /usr/bin/perl
Lukas> still there afterwards, because it's contained in the perl
Lukas> package? Do I risk perl and dpkg to be unable to run by
Lukas> removing perl-base?
dpkg will refuse to remove a package if it removal would break another
installed package (except if you force dpkg)
Lukas> The following files seem to be shared:
These are not files, but directories.
Dirk
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