Control: tags -1 newcomer Hi, On Sun, Apr 05, 2015 at 07:40:22PM -0700, d3fault wrote: > Subject: apt: Removing virtual packages doesn't work as you would expect > `apt-get install <virtual-package>` && `apt-get remove <virtual-package>` > does not remove the packages that were implicitly installed, and should. Next time, please provide an example to get an idea of what you mean as the 'usual' virtual-package doesn't install anything, like mail-transport-agent. They just display all options and a remove isn't printing much more than a message indicating that this isn't allowed: "Virtual packages like 'mail-transport-agent' can't be removed". An example of what you mean would e.g. be 'adblock-plus' provided by 'xul-ext-adblock-plus'. This installs the iceweasel extension, but gives no message nor does anything on remove. I am tagging this 'newcomer' as this looks like a good opportunity as the 'install' case already works, the 'remove' case should be very similar. Anyone interested on working on this is highly encouraged to drop us a line (or two) and/or join #debian-apt on IRC. Best regards David Kalnischkies
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