[Bug 429316] [NEW] mozilla-plugin-vlc remove forces to remove whole vlc

[oli z]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: mozilla-plugin-vlc

i have mozilla-plugin-vlc installed and want it to uninstall:

root at lucy:/home/oli# aptitude remove mozilla-plugin-vlc
Paketlisten werden gelesen... Fertig
Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut       
Lese Status-Informationen ein... Fertig
Lese erweiterte Statusinformationen      
Initialisiere Paketstatus... Fertig
Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT:
  liba52-0.7.4{u} libass3{u} libdca0{u} libdvbpsi5{u} libdvdnav4{u} libdvdread4{u} libebml0{u} libenca0{u} libfaad0{u} libiso9660-5{u} liblua5.1-0{u} libmad0{u} libmatroska0{u} libmodplug0c2{u} 
  libmpcdec3{u} libmpeg2-4{u} libsdl-image1.2{u} libtar{u} libtwolame0{u} libvcdinfo0{u} libvlc2{u} libvlccore2{u} libx264-67{u} mozilla-plugin-vlc vlc{u} vlc-data{u} vlc-nox{u} vlc-plugin-pulse{u} 
0 Pakete aktualisiert, 0 zusätzlich installiert, 28 werden entfernt und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Muss 0B an Archiven herunterladen. Nach dem Entpacken werden 37,1MB frei werden.
Wollen Sie fortsetzen? [Y/n/?] ^C


i like vlc and want to keep it, but that looks impossible, why is mozilla-plugin-vlc a dependency of vlc???

mozilla-plugin-vlc:
  Installiert: 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
  Kandidat: 1.0.1-2ubuntu1
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 1.0.1-2ubuntu1 0
        500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/universe Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Description:	Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release:	9.10

i expected a normal uninstall of the mozilla-plugin-vlc pakage

what happened is that aptitude would like to remove the complete vlc
pakage

** Affects: vlc (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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mozilla-plugin-vlc remove forces to remove whole vlc
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