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Package: aptitude
Version: 0.6.3
When I try to uninstall a metapackage with all its dependencies, some
dependencies, if they provide virtual packages, will not be uninstalled.
Even if I have other packages, that provide these virtual packages.
For example. I install xfce4 metapackage. It depends on xfwm4, that provides
virtual package x-window-manager, xfce4-terminal, that provides virtual
package x-terminal-emulator, and some other stuff. When I uninstall xfce4
with command "aptitude uninstall xfce4", packages xfwm4 and xfce4-terminal
are not being unistalled though they are marked as installed automatically
and there is no other packages they depend on. And though I have other
packages installed, that provide these metapackages: for example, metacity
and gnome-terminal.
I think, that uninstalling a metapackage should uninstall all its
dependencies.
I use 2.6.32-5-686 kernel, if it's important.
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Hello
Closing as this is not possible to “fix.”
Vladimir Tsyapka <[email protected]> wrote:
> When I try to uninstall a metapackage with all its dependencies, some
> dependencies, if they provide virtual packages, will not be
> uninstalled. Even if I have other packages, that provide these
> virtual packages.
The program has no way to know whether you prefer package A or B as the
provider, neither does it know whether you want to still use one or both
of these, so both must be kept. It is not acceptable to remove such a
provider simply because a meta-package which directly depends on it is
being removed.
>
> For example. I install xfce4 metapackage. It depends on xfwm4, that
> provides virtual package x-window-manager, xfce4-terminal, that
> provides virtual package x-terminal-emulator, and some other
> stuff. When I uninstall xfce4 with command "aptitude uninstall xfce4",
> packages xfwm4 and xfce4-terminal are not being unistalled though they
> are marked as installed automatically and there is no other packages
> they depend on. And though I have other packages installed, that
> provide these metapackages: for example, metacity and gnome-terminal.
> I think, that uninstalling a metapackage should uninstall all its
> dependencies.
Not possible: dependencies may be required for other packages.
Regards
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