Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: xbase-clients
I upgraded a dapper installation to edgy using gksu “update-manager -c”.
To clean up afterwards, I used gtkorphan and a custom filter in Synaptic
(Settings > Filters > New > Deselect All > Select 'Orphaned' > OK) to
identify orphaned packages to remove. This went fine. I noticed some of
the packages were identified as "transtitional packages", so I did a
Name and Description search in Synaptic for "transitional". This found a
number of packages, which I safely removed.
It also found three installed packages (xkeyboard-config, xbase-clients
and xutils) which cannot be removed without also removing ubuntu-
desktop, nautilus, and many other packages. I chose not to do so.
I've also reported bugs for the other two packages; the misleading
description for xbase-clients is:
X Window System client utility transitional package
This package smooths upgrades from Ubuntu 5.04 ('Hoary') by ensuring that
most base X client utilities are installed.
** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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Package description is inaccurate
https://launchpad.net/bugs/73082
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