Thank you for reporting this. Fortunately( ;) ), this isn't a bug. Meta-
packages install other packages by the use of dependencies, this means
that the install program things that those packages are required for
that package to run. However, it doesn't mean that when that package is
removed, that its dependencies are also removed. For example, a lot of
packages depend on the package libc6. When you'd remove a program that
depends on that package and libc6 would also be remove you couldn't
start your system anymore! So it's perfectly normal that those packages
aren't removed.
There is also an explanation why the log is empty. Aptitude is just a
front-end to dpkg and apt, which have their own log files. You should
look there if you want more information about what happened. Those log
files aren't used to determine which packages depend on each other;
other files are for that purpose.
** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Invalid
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aptitude doesn't keep a log in Hardy
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225308
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