Ian Jackson wrote ("auto-deconfigure is not transitive"):
> This counterexample shows that we don't [preserve]
> B <-Depends- C && installed(C) => installed(B)
> as an invariant in general
This is something that bothers me. Basically, it means there is no way
to programmatically check (e.g., from a maintainer script) whether a
given package is actually usable! :-/
Or am I mistaken?
For a real issue where this is a concern, see:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-tex-maint/2006/08/msg00052.html
Regards,
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Florent
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