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    <B>Thomas Spuhler</B> 
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<PRE>On Friday, January 06, 2012 12:57:39 PM Sander Lepik wrote:
&gt;<i> 06.01.2012 21:06, Dale Huckeby kirjutas:
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; Evidently once I've installed package A which requests X, sometimes
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; packages F, L, and T might subsequently get installed which also need X
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; *and presumably would have requested it had it not already been
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; installed*.  But when I uninstall A it orphans X because A is the only
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; package that *requested* it.  When F, L, and T are installed can't all
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; the packages they *would have requested* be marked whether or not
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; they're already installed?  That way a package would be orphaned only
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; when the last package that needs it is uninstalled?  Or am I missing
</I>&gt;<i> &gt; something?
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> This is already so. See example: <A HREF="http://pastebin.com/AMj87QiV">http://pastebin.com/AMj87QiV</A> - after first
</I>&gt;<i> urpme libplasmaweather4 should be marked as orphan but it's not as it's
</I>&gt;<i> still required by other package.
</I>&gt;<i> 
</I>&gt;<i> --
</I>&gt;<i> Sander
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It seems to me, auto-orphans gives more headaches than benefits. Why are we 
clinching to it?

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Best regards
Thomas Spuhler
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