Re: Removing rsh-server is difficult

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

On Thu, 11 May 2000, Fumitoshi UKAI wrote:

> Just another idea.  How about removing task-* packages to remove
> by itself in postinst?  Yes, it's not allowed to run dpkg from postinst
> by lock problem, but it's possible to wait unlock in similar way in
> update-menus, that is, fork child process and wait unlock, then 
> dpkg -r <the-task-package>.

I don't think it's a good idea, because the task-packages are upgraded
when you upgrade your system, too, and you will get all the new packages
the new version of the task-package depends on installed, too.

> Regards,
> Fumitoshi UKAI

cu,
Adrian

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