synaptic cannot apply "complete removal" actions
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| synaptic (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
On Natty. To reproduce
1) arrange things so that you have a package on your system that is not installed but for which configuration data is still present (indicated as not installed with residual config in synaptic). For instance remove a package without the "complete removal" action
2) start the synaptic package manager
3) search for said package and select "mark for complete removal"
Expected result:
The "apply" button that is initially grayed out gets activated. Pressing the button the package is purged.
What happens:
The apply button remains grayed out. Unless some other package is marked for installation or removal, the apply button remains inactive.
As a consequence an individual package for which only configuration data is present cannot be purged unless some other action is performed at the same time.
| Changed in synaptic (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote | #1 |
What happens if you manually try to "sudo apt-get purge" the package?