• Bug#267162: aptitude: "not installed" not noted upon purge

    From Dan Jacobson@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 21 01:00:13 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: aptitude
    Version: 0.2.15.2-1
    Severity: minor

    # aptitude remove libgd2-xpm
    ...
    Package libgd2-xpm is not installed, so it will not be removed

    OK, but gets lost in all the miles and miles of

    The following packages have been kept back:
    abs-guide adduser alsa-utils anacron apt apt-doc apt-utils aptitude...

    However,

    # aptitude purge libgd2-xpm
    ...
    The following packages have been kept back:

    You forgot the "... is not installed" line!


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