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[CharlesM at Media-Brokers.com (Charles Marcus)]

> From: Michael Hirsch [mailto:mhirsch at nubridges.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:16 PM
> 
>> If package A depends on package B, which depends on package
>> C, then if you remove C, both A and B are broken. It seems
>> to me that both should be removed. But you seem to be saying
>> that the dependency-checking should only look one level
>> deep, so to speak. Why?

> I don't think that is what he is describing.  If A depends on B and C,
> and nothing else needs B, but D need C, too, then A and B will be
> removed, but not C.

Bingo.  Thanks Michael.

Charles

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