Subject: Bug#3994: ae won't deinstall

From: Daniel Quinlan <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 12:34:51 -0400

Package: base
Version: 1.1.0-14

I'd like to be able to remove `ae', but it won't deinstall.  It should
be possible to remove ANY package if I really want to.  I don't like
it when I'm treated like a child by the packaging system.

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From: [email-masked] (Erick Branderhorst)
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:55:36 +0100

> I'd like to be able to remove `ae', but it won't deinstall.

I can do it: dpkg --force-remove-essential --remove ae

> It should be possible to remove ANY package if I really want to.

But you have to do a little extra for it.

> I don't like it when I'm treated like a child by the packaging system.

You aren't, it is assumed that you have more cynapsis running than a
child to come with something like --force-remove-essential (:-), but
I presume that you did want to do from dselect and I don't know if that
can be done.

Erick