feature-proposal: apt-get : single-package reinstallation

[Sean Champ <s-champ@postoffice.pacbell.net>]

hello.

i've come across a need to reinstall some packages, a few times so far.

( yeah, this probably shouldn't need to be done, by someone who knows
	what they're doing. that's why i'm trying to learn. )

( and most recently, this reinstall-need is a result of kluding up some things
xFree-related, while trying to install x 4.0.1 from the un-debianized
distribution. 

( now, xemacs works from root, but for non-root attempts at use it (xemacs)
complains about libXaw.6.so , or something like that, and does not start. ) )


so, a proposal:

	maybe a 'reinstall' option for apt-get ?

( even reinstalling xfree86-common and xlib6g hasn't seemed to fix the emacs
problem, and it looks like )


clause:

	using the '--force-yes' arg on apt-get 
	still didn't accomplish the desired effect
	( which was: remove xlib6g and _only_ xlib6g )




and, restating the request:

	something to remove a package, without removing _any_ of the packages that
depend upon it ( with the intended purpose of an immediate re-install of that
package )


( and a final comment: this should be helpful for any case of a mistake that
breaks some things that were installed by package-z )



ready for comments,


--
sean