Comment 5 for bug 541438
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| Daniel Hahler (blueyed) wrote Re: "apt-get purge" should not select another package (when the requested one is not installed but provided by another one) | #5 |
Torsten, php5-common was purged in my case, because it was picked instead of php5-mhash.
The repository layout and dependencies have probably changed since 10.04, but the point is:
If package A gets removed (not purged), and you later want to purge it, the purge action should not pick package B which provides A.
It is just like "apt-get remove A" should never remove B, in case A is not installed.