Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: adept
Adept should have failsafe security measures for packages that will
cause system to uninstall core packages if removed.
An example of this is "avahi-common3" - While attempting to remove a
zeroconf installation I had been playing with I attempted to remove this
package, thinking it was part of my recent experimenting.
It attempted to remove the entire KDE base, along with a number of my
custom packages. I got a total of 200 packages, including kubuntu-
desktop and a number of core packages in the list... There was no
warning dialog to stop me from starting this process before I killed
adept.
I have not had this problem when I use apt-get, as it makes it clear
what it will be removing/upgrading and asks for confirmation before
executing the task (checked this with "libavahi-common3" as well). There
is no such security in Kubuntu's default package manager.
Situations like this should be identified and alerted to the user with a
warning dialog, as many users of graphical package managers will either
not think to carefully check the packages being removed before hitting
Apply, or will forget to check.
In addition, perhaps a "safety switch" in the Settings menu could be
added, to ensure users cannot remove important packages such as
"kubuntu-desktop" and "linux-image-386" without disabling the safety
switch first (obviously some kind of alert should appear to tell the
user if safety switch has blocked a removal/install).
I was going to add my sources.list, but I've since asked others to check
this - some with mostly default repos, and they've all had the same
outcome with "avahi-common3".
Regards,
Sean
** Affects: adept (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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No safety from breaking system with Adept
https://launchpad.net/bugs/55549
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