On Friday, January 06, 2012 12:57:39 PM Sander Lepik wrote: > 06.01.2012 21:06, Dale Huckeby kirjutas: > > Evidently once I've installed package A which requests X, sometimes > > packages F, L, and T might subsequently get installed which also need X > > *and presumably would have requested it had it not already been > > installed*. But when I uninstall A it orphans X because A is the only > > package that *requested* it. When F, L, and T are installed can't all > > the packages they *would have requested* be marked whether or not > > they're already installed? That way a package would be orphaned only > > when the last package that needs it is uninstalled? Or am I missing > > something? > > This is already so. See example: http://pastebin.com/AMj87QiV - after first > urpme libplasmaweather4 should be marked as orphan but it's not as it's > still required by other package. > > -- > Sander
It seems to me, auto-orphans gives more headaches than benefits. Why are we clinching to it? -- Best regards Thomas Spuhler