Evan, in comment #7 comment #6 was stated to be meant for another bug. Current state in Precise (apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14.2) is that "remove" also selects another package. I cannot say if previously only "purge" was misbehaving, but here we go:
% sudo apt-get install php5-mhash Ubuntu precise (i686) [...] Note, selecting 'php5-common' instead of 'php5-mhash' % sudo apt-get remove php5-mhash Ubuntu precise (i686) [...] Note, selecting 'php5-common' instead of 'php5-mhash' -- 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" Selects another package when the requested package is not installed, but is provided by another package. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/541438/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
