On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 07:50:10AM -0600, John Hasler said
> Charlie writes:
> > I wish to remove a package from the dpkg install list but not to remove
> > any of the files the package has put in place. How would I go about doing
> > this?
> 
> Edit the database.

Ew. Or remove it and extract the .deb onto / with dpkg-deb.  What are
you trying to do, however?  The dependencies exist for a reason, trying
to outsmart dpkg is not a good idea unless you know what you're trying
to do.

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