Re: [Synaptic-devel] How to remove package *without* it trying to upgrade dependent packages

[Andy Elvey]

On Sunday 29 August 2004 07:25 am, Michael Vogt wrote:
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> >
> >  So, is there any way of *forcing* Synaptic to remove gcc 3.3 and all of 
its 
> > dependencies, so that it will not try to do any upgrades of the dependent 
> > packages?  
> 
> Not really. I have a "remove with dependencies" options on my todo
> list for a long time now. The problem is that the removal must be
> "smart" in order to avoid the removal of importend stuff. 
> 
> Cheers,
>  Michael
 
  Ok - thanks very much for this, Michael!  I'll proceed with your comments in 
mind :-)  
 Bye for now - 
 - Andy