Re: Bug#33291: When a package is marked as "purge", apt changes it into "remove"
On Fri, 5 Mar 1999, Remco Blaakmeer wrote:
> If APT removes all packages that are to be removed, then why not also
> purge all packages that are to be purged? That would render [C]onfigure
> and [R]emove obsolete, which would be convenient for the user IMHO.
To follow up on myself: Please, if you implement this take care of
packages that are to be removed only because a conflicting package is to
be installed. For example, I just installed lynx-ssl which conflicts with
lynx. Apt first removed lynx and then installed lynx-ssl. Because they
share the same config file, this file was preserved in the process. Other
methods would do this by simply calling dpkg to install lynx-ssl with the
'-B' flag, which would cause dpkg to automatically remove lynx.
Remco
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