[Bug 778054] Re: Trouble when removing transitional packages

[Fred]

multiarch-support
Transitional package to ensure multiarch compatibility 
It can be removed once nothing on the system depends on it.

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  folks-common wireless-regdb fonts-opensymbol libopenal-data libexttextcat-data libssl-doc fonts-droid activity-log-manager-common
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  {{ tons of packages here, more than thousands, too many to list }}
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
  apt libapt-pkg4.12 (due to apt) libc6 (due to apt) libgcc1 (due to apt) libstdc++6 (due to apt) gnupg (due to apt) dpkg (due to apt) base-files base-passwd bash debianutils (due to bash) dash (due to bash) libtinfo5 (due to bash)
  bsdutils coreutils install-info (due to coreutils) libacl1 (due to coreutils) libattr1 (due to coreutils) libselinux1 (due to coreutils) diffutils libbz2-1.0 (due to dpkg) zlib1g (due to dpkg) tar (due to dpkg) xz-utils (due to dpkg)
  e2fsprogs e2fslibs (due to e2fsprogs) libblkid1 (due to e2fsprogs) libcomerr2 (due to e2fsprogs) libss2 (due to e2fsprogs) libuuid1 (due to e2fsprogs) util-linux (due to e2fsprogs) findutils grep gzip hostname login libpam0g (due to
  login) libpam-runtime (due to login) libpam-modules (due to login) mount libmount1 (due to mount) ncurses-bin perl-base python-minimal python2.7-minimal (due to python-minimal) sed lsb-base (due to util-linux) tzdata (due to
  util-linux) debconf (due to util-linux) libncurses5 (due to util-linux) libslang2 (due to util-linux)
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1621 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

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Title:
  Trouble when removing transitional packages

Status in “aptdaemon” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “desktopcouch” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “gnome-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “libreoffice” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu:
  Won't Fix
Status in “pygobject” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “wine1.4” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: openoffice.org

  I removed the following transitional packages;
  * openoffice.org-calc
  * openoffice.org-gnome
  * openoffice.org-help-en-gb
  * openoffice.org-help-en-us
  * openoffice.org-hyphenation-en-us
  * openoffice.org-impress
  * openoffice.org-l10n-en-za
  * openoffice.org-thesaurus-en-us
  * openoffice.org-writer
  * compiz-fusion-plugins-main
  * firefox-branding
  * gnome-utils
  * language-selector
  * ubufox
  * python-desktopcouch

  But now the system wants to autoremove the following packages:
  * gnome-dictionary
  * hyphen-en-us
  * libreoffice-help-en-gb
  * libreoffice-l10n-common
  * libreoffice-l10n-en-gb
  * libreoffice-l10n-en-za
  * python-desktopcouch-recordtypes
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 8b5778459c1f0a1989b8d1d888befce0
  CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: multiarch-support 2.13-0ubuntu13
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Tags:  natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-28 (78 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
  --- 
  Architecture: amd64
  CheckboxSubmission: 8b5778459c1f0a1989b8d1d888befce0
  CheckboxSystem: 4ed15c40009aa6f7770f606350a390a2
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Package: python-aptdaemon-gtk 0.41+bzr646-0ubuntu2
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
  Tags:  natty
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-03-28 (78 days ago)
  UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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