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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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