Advice for a bug report
The debian bug reporting system webpage wrote to e-mail this list for advice regarding against which package a bug should be reported, so here goes . . .
I had decided to:
apt-get -s purge iceweasel* firefox*
But apt-get insisted:
The following extra packages will be installed:
iceape iceape-browser iceape-chatzilla
So I thought I would out-wit apt-get:
apt-get -s purge iceweasel* firefox* iceape iceape-browser iceape-chatzilla
But apt-get was ready:
The following extra packages will be installed:
epiphany-browser epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko
Now, dig this:
apt-get -s purge iceweasel* firefox* iceape iceape-browser iceape-chatzilla epiphany-browser epiphany-browser-data epiphany-gecko
Apt-get responds:
The following NEW packages will be installed:
alacarte apg evolution-data-server folks-common galeon galeon-common gconf-service gir1.2-accountsservice-1.0 gir1.2-caribou-1.0
gir1.2-folks-0.6 gir1.2-gconf-2.0 gir1.2-gee-1.0 gir1.2-gkbd-3.0 gir1.2-gmenu-3.0 gir1.2-mutter-3.0 gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0
gir1.2-panelapplet-4.0 gir1.2-polkit-1.0 gir1.2-soup-2.4 gir1.2-telepathyglib-0.12 gir1.2-telepathylogger-0.2
gir1.2-upowerglib-1.0 gjs gnome-applets gnome-applets-data gnome-contacts gnome-control-center gnome-control-center-data
gnome-online-accounts gnome-panel gnome-panel-data gnome-power-manager gnome-session gnome-session-fallback gnome-shell
gnome-shell-common gnome-themes-standard gnome-user-guide libcaribou-common libcaribou0 libebackend-1.2-1 libedata-book-1.2-11
libedata-cal-1.2-13 libedataserverui-3.0-1 libfolks-eds25 libfolks-telepathy25 libfolks25 libgconf-2-4 libgjs0b
libgnome-control-center1 libgnome-menu-3-0 libgoa-1.0-0 libgoa-1.0-common libgweather-3-0 libgweather-common libmetacity-private0a
libmozjs185-1.0 libmozjs2d libmutter0 libpanel-applet-4-0 librest-0.7-0 librest-extras-0.7-0 libsocialweb-client2 libsocialweb0
libtelepathy-logger2 metacity metacity-common mutter-common notification-daemon xulrunner-1.9.1
My guess is that this is a bug somewhere in the 'alternatives' system, and that it is (against my wishes) trying to force me to have a graphical browser installed.
Against what package should I file the bug? (FWIW - debian wheezy)
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