[wpkg-users] Removing a dependency, removes all packages in the dependency chain

[Pendl Stefan]

>
> Rainer Meier <r.meier at wpkg.org> writes:
>
> > Hi Daniel,
>
> Hello,
>
> > You are right. This might be the actual reason for the confusion.
>
> [...]
>
> > I am sorry about this longish and probably chaotic message.
> I was thinking about
> > possible ways to improve the situation for about an hour
> and continuously
> > updated, dadded and deleted the message while I was trying
> to think about the
> > whole impact of such a change. Unfortunately my conclusion
> finally was the
> > statement above; I think the way WPKG is handling it
> currently might be
> > unexpected but it makes sure the system state is
> consistently maintained at any
> > point in time.
>

Rainer,

Being the initial poster, I am at a point, where I prefer the clean remove and reinstall, even, if all my clients have experienced this behavior.

Delaying the removal instead of being the first action will cause more trouble, than reinstalling things.

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Stefan