Ubuntu
evolution package

Removing evolution should remove evolution-common

Bug #553733 reported by Tesselode
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
evolution (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

As seen in bug #465681, the Applications menu entry for Evolution does not go away unless evolution-common is removed, and removing Evolution in Ubuntu Software Center doesn't remove evolution-common.

This would be confusing for most people.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Apr 1 21:38:58 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Beta i386 (20100318)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: evolution (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-16.25-generic
SourcePackage: evolution
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-16-generic i686

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Low
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Leo (leorolla) wrote :

I removed Evolution since the problem is not on evolution-common but on the package that recommends or depends on it.

affects: evolution (Ubuntu) → ubuntu
Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Confirmed
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Tesselode (phoenixawm-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

This bug is still present in Maverick.

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Jonathan Thomas (echidnaman) wrote :

evolution-common still is built from the evolution source package, so that was the proper place. Please don't change it.

affects: ubuntu → evolution (Ubuntu)
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Leo (leorolla) wrote :

Hi Jonathan,
The software responsible for the removal of other packages is APT, not evolution.
If it is not being removed that's because either another package still recomends/depends on it or because it comes flagged as manually installed in the standard Ubuntu CD.
In neither case the problem is with the evolution package.

Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)
Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Fabio Marconi (fabiomarconi)
tags: added: maverick
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Chris Wilson (notgary-deactivatedaccount) wrote :

Bug #692791 has been reported that highlights the fact that evolution-common isn't the only Evolution-related package that is being left behind after uninstallation.

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