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  1. Bug #541438
  2. Comment #10

Comment 10 for bug 541438

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Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote :

Evan, in comment #7 comment #6 was stated to be meant for another bug.

Current state in Precise (apt 0.8.16~exp5ubuntu14.2) is that "remove" also selects another package.
I cannot say if previously only "purge" was misbehaving, but here we go:

% sudo apt-get install php5-mhash Ubuntu precise (i686)
[...]
Note, selecting 'php5-common' instead of 'php5-mhash'

% sudo apt-get remove php5-mhash Ubuntu precise (i686)
[...]
Note, selecting 'php5-common' instead of 'php5-mhash'