apt has a bug, cannot believe it!
If installing (default parameters in use: with recommends) a package,
and right afterwards removing it, then the by recommendation drawn in
packages do not become removed automatically. The system is swelling
with no more wanted packages!
I hope I am simply missing the simple step how to return to the former
system state after having tested a package. Otherwise this is a bug. To
me it appears to be a severe bug, as apt is not managing the packages in
my system as expected.
Commandline: apt install deborphan
Install: deborphan:amd64 (1.7.33), dialog:amd64 (1.3-20190808-1, automatic)
Commandline: apt purge deborphan
Purge: deborphan:amd64 (1.7.33)
apt autoremove
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
You might argue, that this is easy to solve. In this example, yes, it
could be solved easily, especially as I remember clearly all the details
of the screen output from a second ago. But I have tested (and removed)
packages which drew in many recommended packages some months ago, and
they are now all leftover in my system!
Even worth, apt is one out of a very few priority reasons to use Debian, or?
So, is this a bug and apt in the past managed the packages thoroughly,
or am I simply missing the correct way how to test-install and purge a
package without manual bumbling?
Asking for enlightenment! Marco
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