Re: apt has a bug, cannot believe it!
Le 25/05/2020 à 22:04, Marco Möller a écrit :
> 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
>
>
dialog may be recommended by another package, in which case apt won't
remove it automatically.
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