** Description changed: Binary package hint: apt I have tried purging "php5-mhash", which has been removed in Lucid (via Conflicts). - "apt-cache purge" selected php5-common instead (which now provides + "apt-get purge" selected php5-common instead (which now provides php5-mhash) and wanted to purge this package! Apt-get should handle this the same way as any non-installed package, i.e. currently it would say the package is uninstalled and cannot get purged therefore (which is bug 244598). But in the end, it should just purge the given package, just like "dpkg -P" would do. ProblemType: Bug Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Mar 18 19:57:25 2010 DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia Package: apt 0.7.25.3ubuntu3 ProcEnviron: - LANGUAGE= - PATH=(custom, user) - LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 - SHELL=/bin/bash + LANGUAGE= + PATH=(custom, user) + LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic SourcePackage: apt Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/541438 Title: "apt-get purge" should not select another package (when the requested one is not installed but provided by another one) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
