On 31/10/10 at 14:16 +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > Hi Lucas, > > On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 12:40, Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@lucas-nussbaum.net> > wrote: > > apt won't let me remove install-info, because it thinks that it is > > essential. > > > > grep depends on dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info > > my dpkg is 1.15.8.5 > > so I should be allowed to remove install-info without that: > > > > WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed. > > This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing! > >  install-info (due to grep) > > APT uses "essential" here not in the "Essential: yes" sense but > in the essential tools and packages sense. APT considers all > packages priority "important" or higher as essential for a system > And prints this "AnalPrompt" (as the sourcecode puts it) to prevent > the user from doing something stupid as it is unlikely that the "normal" > user really wants to remove an important package - and all others tend > to know exactly what they are doing… > So, does this really need to be "serious" - or is it a bug at all?
OK, I didn't know that. So, it's not serious... > The "due to" seems to be completely bogus through - looks like > it just looks at reverse dependencies without considering or-groups > but i haven't looked at the code so far. > (will check that later after recovering from post-uds jet-lag) but this is still a bug, it seems. - Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
