Martin, Because I had simply dist-upgrade and auto-remove without intending to uninstall any major components, I thought this might be an issue to address with the maintainers, but I understand your points.
Thank you very much for the advice. I did what you suggested and everything seems to be fixed now. In the future I will try to better understand the packaging system and the Debian way of doing things. Thanks to the maintainers! I have much respect for the great work they do here. Regards, Allen James
