Public bug reported:
On supported systems please allow users to remove ubuntu-advantage-tools
package without harm for the system.
Currently simple below command `sudo apt autopurge ubuntu-advantage-
tools` will ruin the system as follows
```
$ sudo apt autopurge ubuntu-advantage-tools
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
distro-info* python3-debconf* ubuntu-advantage-tools* ubuntu-mate-core*
ubuntu-mate-desktop* ubuntu-minimal* ubuntu-release-upgrader-core*
ubuntu-release-upgrader-gtk* update-manager* update-manager-core*
update-notifier* update-notifier-common*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 12 to remove and 41 not upgraded.
After this operation, 6 687 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
```
This is not acceptable.
Please change package dependencies and/or make UA configurable.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: ubuntu-advantage-tools 27.2.2~20.04.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-89.100-generic 5.4.143
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-89-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.21
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Fri Nov 12 00:48:41 2021
InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-04-23 (567 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-MATE 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64
(20200423)
SourcePackage: ubuntu-advantage-tools
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubuntu-advantage-tools (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal hirsute impish jammy
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Ubuntu advantage tools should be removable without breakage of the
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