Re: Why do I need all these apt-howto-* files?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 10:34:04 -0800 Anton Graham <bladehawke@amaesing.com> wrote:
> Submitted 30-Jan-02 by Ron Johnson:
> > 
> > $ dpkg -l | grep apt-howto
> > ii  apt-howto                1.7.6-4           A Guide to APT
> > ii  apt-howto-en             1.7.6-4           A Guide to APT
> > ii  apt-howto-ko             1.7.6-4           A Guide to APT
> > ii  apt-howto-pl             1.7.6-4           A Guide to APT
> > ii  apt-howto-pt-br          1.7.6-4           A Guide to APT
> > 
> > If I try to remove the apt-howto-ko, apt-howto-pl or apt-howto-pt-br,
> > it tries to remove the whole shooting match: apt-howto*.
> 
> Remove apt-howto and the language specific versions you don't want.  As I
> understand it, the apt-howto package now only contains dependancies for
> all language variants as opposed to the howto itself.  Keeping (as an
> example) apt-howto-en would thus keep the actual howto available and
> upgradeable.

Thanks all for your help.  That worked.

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