Synaptic : will it still there in Edgy ??

Shawn McMahon smcmahon at eiv.com
Sat May 20 04:04:24 BST 2006


On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 09:46:15PM +0200, Vincent Trouilliez said:
> 
> Well, I of course assume that the system is clever enough not remove
> programs that are used, that's the most basic functionality you would
> take from granted from any package management program ! I was asking for
> the opposite: remove UNused dependencies automatically, not the used
> ones ;-)

Just because something is a dependency doesn't mean you aren't also
using it independently of whatever needed it originally.  It's a little
easier with libraries, but what if you're using the library for
something that isn't in the packaging system?


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