John Hasler wrote:
Carl writes:
Does it make sense to anyone that removing x11* also removes login?
The login package does not depend on X. It depends only on libc6,
libpam0g, libpam-runtime, and libpam-modules. None of those depend on X.
Aptitude and Synaptic (and sometimes apt) behave quite strangely at
times. I cannot remove lots of things. Doing so will cause GNOME to be
removed, or X, or even gcc. Part of the problem is my fault. I have
been guilty of installing a package without going through apt, once or
twice. But, for some reason, GNOME depends on hundreds of packages. I
don't think it is all my doing. I think something broke somewhere.
(And I am too lazy to fix it. Sometime, something will have to be done
about it. But until then, I can't downgrade from Sid back to Lenny on
that machine. It's hopeless. So that machine will not be put into
production.)
Is there a tool that lets one see (and possibly edit) the dependency
graph? (apt database)? I am only middlin' experienced with Debian, and
I am not sure how to go about repairing things, short of a fresh
install. I realize that editing the dependencies of individual packages
is a bit like editing the registry is on W*nd*ws, playing with fire! A
GUI tool with a visualization of the graph would be excellent.
Mark Allums
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