Bug#218861: apt: apt-get should warn about removing required packages
On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 09:47:03PM -0500, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
> I'm not sure why libc6 is not essential, but since it is depended upon by
> essential packages, it is promoted to essential status anyway. Nothing else
> on that list would prevent things like dpkg from working.
>
> I'm copying debian-policy to see if there is some rationale for that
> definition that I am not aware of.
Libraries can't be essential, because it would make it too hard to
remove them when their sonames change.
Cheers,
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Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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