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| From | The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> |
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| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? |
| Date | 2017-10-29 13:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <uFUSZ-792-13@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 2017-10-29 at 07:49, Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > Celejar wrote on 10/24/17 15:09: > >> On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 08:52:46 +0200 >> Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> wrote: >> >>> I forgot that you showed the dependency on cups-filters in your original mail. >>> On testing cups-filters 1.17.9-1 does not depend on imagemagick, it only >>> recommends it. And I use APT::Install-Recommends "false"; in /etc/apt/apt.conf. >>> Therefore, on this system imagemagick could be removed. >> >> Interesting, thanks. So they changed the dependency from 'depends' to >> 'recommends', but they're still 'recommending' a dummy package. > > Taking another look at package imagemagick-6.q16 (version 8:6.9.7.4+dfsg-16) it > states that it provides imagemagick. Therefore, I don't understand what's going > on on your system and there's nothing wrong with package cups-filters, I think. My guess involves vague memories of there being an issue with versioned Provides: - although I thought that was more "you can't Provides: a specific version", not "a versioned Depends: won't be satisfied by a Provides: from a package with a suitable version number". -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-20 06:00 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-20 10:30 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-20 19:10 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-20 23:30 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-23 02:50 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-23 12:00 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Roger Lynn <Roger@rilynn.me.uk> - 2017-10-23 22:30 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-24 01:30 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-10-24 02:20 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-24 04:20 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2017-10-24 03:10 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-24 01:20 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-24 09:00 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-24 19:10 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-29 13:00 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-10-29 13:30 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-30 03:50 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2017-10-30 11:20 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-30 16:00 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-10-30 16:10 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-30 18:40 +0100
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Roger Lynn <Roger@rilynn.me.uk> - 2017-10-21 18:30 +0200
Re: Can imagemagick really be safely purged or removed? Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2017-10-24 19:10 +0200
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