Re: Getting apt-get to explain things

1999-11-12 Thread Colin Marquardt
* peter karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How can I get apt-get to explain *why* it wants to remove a package? man 5 apt.conf | Debug Options |Most of the options in the debug section are not interest­ |ing to the normal user, however Debug::pkgProblemResolver |show

Re: Getting apt-get to explain things

1999-11-12 Thread Kevin Heath
On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 12:16:34AM +0100, peter karlsson wrote: > How can I get apt-get to explain *why* it wants to remove a package? > > I can't find any reasoning why it want to remove one of the packages I have > installed, especially since it is not in the main distribution, and does not > de

Getting apt-get to explain things

1999-11-11 Thread peter karlsson
How can I get apt-get to explain *why* it wants to remove a package? I can't find any reasoning why it want to remove one of the packages I have installed, especially since it is not in the main distribution, and does not depend on any package from it. I would like apt-get to explain to me somehow