Bug#595070: Attempting to uninstall evolution-data-server forces removal of gnome-core, gnome-panel, etc.

PolicyKit jenningsthecat at yahoo.ca
Tue Aug 31 20:19:04 UTC 2010


Package: gnome-core
Version: 1:2.30+1
Severity: normal

I'm filing this bug against gnome-core because I wasn't sure where to put
it.The bug also relates to other gnome packages as listed below. For the first
complaint related to this issue, please see Bug Report #563484.

I just did a full-upgrade, and was forced to either accept the addition of
evolution-data-server or not complete the upgrade. (I ran aptitude with the
''-R' switch, but it made no difference). As far as I know nothing else I have
installed makes use of this package. So after I completed the upgrade, I tried
to remove evolution-data-server; but I would have been forced to also remove
gnome-accessibility, gnome-applets, gnome-control-center, gnome-core, gnome-
panel, and gnome-session. Surely the gnome packages listed above don't REALLY
require evolution-data-server and its related deps in order to function?

In Bug Report #563484, Josselin Mouette stated that evolution-data-server can
be removed without affecting gnome-core, etc. But I can find no way to remove
evolution-data-server without removing these other critical components.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-686 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages gnome-core depends on:
ii  eog                      2.30.2-1        Eye of GNOME graphics viewer progr
ii  gedit                    2.30.3-1        official text editor of the GNOME 
ii  gnome-applets            2.30.0-3        Various applets for the GNOME pane
ii  gnome-control-center     1:2.30.1-2      utilities to configure the GNOME d
ii  gnome-icon-theme         2.30.3-1        GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii  gnome-menus              2.30.2-1        an implementation of the freedeskt
ii  gnome-panel              2.30.2-1        launcher and docking facility for 
ii  gnome-power-manager      2.30.1-1        power management tool for the GNOM
ii  gnome-session            2.30.2-1        The GNOME Session Manager - GNOME 
ii  gnome-settings-daemon    2.30.2-1        daemon handling the GNOME session 
ii  gnome-terminal           2.30.2-1        The GNOME terminal emulator applic
ii  gvfs                     1.6.3-1         userspace virtual filesystem - ser
ii  metacity                 1:2.30.1-2      lightweight GTK+ window manager
ii  nautilus                 2.30.1-1        file manager and graphical shell f
ii  yelp                     2.30.1+webkit-1 Help browser for GNOME

gnome-core recommends no packages.

Versions of packages gnome-core suggests:
pn  gnome-desktop-environment     <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information





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