Re: Bug#89086: apt-get: "due to" when removing essential packages shows the wrong direction
On Sat, 10 Mar 2001, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
> This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
> dpkg sysvinit (due to dpkg) util-linux (due to sysvinit) slang1 (due to
> util-linux)
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 164 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 311MB will be freed.
> You are about to do something potentially harmful
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
> ?]
> It isn't true that slang1 gets removed due to the removal of util-linux,
> but util-linux gets removed due to the removal of slang1 instead.
Whic is not what the warning is saying, it is saying slang1 is 'essential'
due to a dependency from util-linux.
Jason
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