On 12/07/25 at 13:17 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > On Sat, Jul 12, 2025 at 12:52:42PM +0200, Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > What I was doing (using your example below) is: > > Answer Y to "Keep build-essential? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: " > > Answer P to "Keep mediainfo? [Ynpsiuqx?], [H]elp: " > > then press X to "Remove unwanted packages and exit." > > Your usecase might actually be valid. This is just one that I never used. I > took debfoster to keep it from being removed. I am not too familar with the > program itself. > > > I was under the impression that in that case, it would also remove > > dependencies of the pruned package. But I checked in Debian 11 and I am > > wrong (the behaviour is the same in 11, 12, 13). > > So I could theoretically close this issue? I'm probably going to keep it > open to review later whether your usecase could be supported better.
Yes, feel free to close it, or to turn it into a wishlist bug. Actually that issue triggered me to look at apt-mark/apt autoremove again, and I'm now using that instead. I wonder if Debian should keep debfoster or just direct users to apt autoremove. > Greetings from Brest Greetings from the TGV to Brest :-) Lucas
