On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Mitch Blevins wrote:
> Mark Phillips wrote:
> > [snip nice suggestion]
>
> This has already been discussed and is being addressed in apt.
> Here's how it will work (if I understand correctly):
>
> Apt will keep a boolean flag called 'Auto' for each package installed
> on your system. 'Auto' is short for 'Automatically uninstall this
> package when it is not required anymore because of a dependency'.
What about a counter for the number of packages that depends on it. If the
count is 0, the package can be safely removed. I think this work even for
local packages, since you provide your local package increments the
counter on packages it depends on.
>
> So, when you install package foo, and apt automatically installs
> libfoo1 and libfoo2 because they are required by foo, then they will
> be marked with the 'Auto' flag. Later, if you deinstall foo, then apt
> will also deinstall libfoo1 and libfoo2, provided they are no longer
> needed by any other packages.
But, what if libfoo1 || libfoo2 is need by some other package?
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