[PLUG] Debian metapackages

Chris Jantzen chris-plug at maybe.net
Thu Nov 13 12:08:01 UTC 2003


On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 12:57:17AM -0800, Jeme A Brelin wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003, Carla Schroder wrote:
> > Is it correct to think of metapackages as 'fakey' packages?  For
> > example, I've been experimenting by removing individual games from
> > KDEgames, using dpkg --force-all. It doesn't seem to break any real
> > dependencies. Otherwise, trying to remove any individual game means
> > apt-get wants to remove the whole works.
> 
> Err, a meta-package IS a fakey package.  It has no data, only
> dependencies.
> 
> Personally, if I ever use a meta-package, I always remove it immediately.
> That is to say, install the meta-package and its dependencies, then remove
> the meta-package and the dependencies stay.  Now you can deal with them
> all independently.
> 
> Work like bear-bone charm.

And, btw, Karla, even if you do --force-all, they'll all come back in
the next upgrade/dist-upgrade. Jeme's got the right idea.

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