Hello After running into the issue with testing (apt 0.8.0), namely having installed some ~100 MB of KDE library packages through a temporary install of kdm, that I expected to be removed after I removed kdm again, I found this report, so I did:
- try the suggestion with apt.conf (APT::NeverRemove { "dpkg"; };), but this didn't seem to have any effect - upgrade apt to 0.8.5 from unstable (apt-get install apt/unstable, this being the only package I'm using from unstable now); this didn't remove the kde libs either, but at least it removed some packages added through a *fresh* temporary install of a package: t3:~# apt-get install konqueror Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed: dolphin kdebase-bin kdebase-data kfind konqueror-nsplugins libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkonqsidebarplugin4a phonon Suggested packages: konq-plugins phonon-backend-gstreamer phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-mplayer The following NEW packages will be installed: dolphin kdebase-bin kdebase-data kfind konqueror konqueror-nsplugins libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkonqsidebarplugin4a phonon 0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 4,068kB of archives. After this operation, 10.9MB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ... Get:1 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main phonon all 4:4.6.0really4.4.2-1 [10.8kB] Get:2 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main libkonq5-templates all 4:4.4.5-1 [45.8kB] Get:3 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main libkonq5 i386 4:4.4.5-1 [132kB] Get:4 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main dolphin i386 4:4.4.5-1 [896kB] Get:5 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main kdebase-data all 4:4.4.5-1 [901kB] Get:6 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main kdebase-bin i386 4:4.4.5-1 [423kB] Get:7 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main kfind i386 4:4.4.5-1 [177kB] Get:8 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main libkonqsidebarplugin4a i386 4:4.4.5-1 [23.9kB] Get:9 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main konqueror i386 4:4.4.5-1 [1,314kB] Get:10 http://debian.savoirfairelinux.net/debian/ testing/main konqueror-nsplugins i386 4:4.4.5-1 [145kB] ... t3:~# apt-get remove konqueror Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: konqueror 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 3,367kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? ... t3:~# apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: dolphin kfind konqueror-nsplugins libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkonqsidebarplugin4a phonon 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 7 to remove and 0 not upgraded. After this operation, 4,260kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? .. So, it *did* remove packages, YET: it didn't remove kdebase-bin. t3:~# apt-get autoremove Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. t3:~# And it still hasn't removed any of the other packages that were installed by "apt-get install kdm; apt-get remove kdm" before (using apt 0.8.0). Why? Christian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org