autoremove

[Ron Morse]

No, I always printscrn the message so I can recover, but then go ahead
and execute the autoremove to keep the package management system from
getting confused somewhere down the road.  Once I have the list of files
it acted on I can always put them back, if necessary. 

Ron Morse


On Wed, 2007-04-25 at 15:58 -0600, Arthur Dyck wrote:
> When using the apt-get feature, I kept getting the message that I had
> extra files and to use autoremove to delete them, so I did.  However,
> doing so affected several programs and I have had to reinstall them.  
> 
> I have now upgraded to feisty and am again getting the same message.  I
> have the feeling that I should just ignore it and not use autoremove
> again.  Has anyone else had the same experience?
> 
> Arthur
> 
>