Bug#165140: apt: did apt-get remove, later remembered --purge

[Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: minor

# apt-get remove pcmcia-cs
[then remembered I want purge:]
# apt-get --purge remove pcmcia-cs
Package pcmcia-cs is not installed, so not removed

OK, I suppose i must install it again to purge it

# apt-get install pcmcia-cs
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  pcmcia-cs 
0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/269kB of archives. After unpacking 681kB will be used.
Media Change: Please insert the disc labeled 'Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 beta _Woody_ - fsn.hu unofficial i386 Binary-1 (20020514)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter


Ridiculous, why should one have to insert a CD to do a purge.  Never
mind. ^C Yes, I am a beginner.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.18-k7 #1 Sun Apr 14 13:19:11 EST 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6                         2.2.5-6    GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii  libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2        1:2.95.4-7 The GNU stdc++ library