[oclug] apt-get foolishness

[Jon Earle]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Michael P. Soulier wrote:

>     Could someone please explain to me why, when I try to remove all gnome
> libraries, it tries to install a whole whack of s**t?
>
>     I find this _very_ confusing and non-intuitive. I want it to remove.
> Remove, not install. Remove!

This is one of the mysteries of Debian that I too haven't grasped in the
3yrs I've been running it.  Debian does some _really_ weird things
sometimes... must be the influence of those Eastern Block hackers.  ;)

Cheers!
Jon