making deborphan obsolete?

[Derek Broughton]

Mario Vukelic wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 10:31 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> it's always dpkg that actually does the install.  apt is the
>> dependency resolver.
> 
> I skip the rest, you have good points, but I still remember what I do.
> Of course I can't find a reference supporting me in the Debian
> documentation right now, and I can't be bothered to search mailing lists
> from 1998 :)
> 
> Regarding the quoted line, we are arguing about definitions. To me the
> relationship between apt-get and dpkg is not one that makes me call the
> one a front-end to the other. For you it is. Not a problem.

If program A explicitly invokes program B, I don't see how it can be called
anything _but_ a front-end.  Apt-get can't install anything - it needs dpkg
as a back end. 
-- 
derek