[Aptitude-devel] Bug#661699: packages left behind

[Daniel Hartwig]

On 29 February 2012 22:05,  <jidanni at jidanni.org> wrote:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.6.5-1
> Severity: minor
>
> We see one package is left behind:
>
> # aptitude install gdb
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>  gdb  gdbserver{a} (D: gdb) (for gdb)
> 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B/2,360 kB of archives. After unpacking 5,942 kB will be used.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
> # aptitude purge gdb
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>  gdb{p}
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 5,612 kB will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y
>

Is gdbserver removed if you run just:

# aptitude install

?