>>>>> "chris" == Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
chris> Suppose package C depends on package B depends on package A. chris> Now, it just so happens that no other packages depend on B, but chris> package D also depends on A. If I do a apt-get remove C is it chris> supposed to do the right thing and remove B as well (but not chris> remove A)? I don't think so. How should it know what the "right thing" is? You're probably thinking of B as some library package, but it can be a full blown application package in its own right, one that you want to keep. OTOH I believe that "apt-get remove B" will do what you want _in this case_. Of course, that requires you to first check the back dependencies of A, then the forward dependencies of B manually. -- Ian Zimmerman, Oakland, California, U.S.A. In his own soul a man bears the source from which he draws all his sorrows and his joys. Sophocles.
