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From: Darryl Miles <darryl-mailinglists@netbauds.net>
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Dave Korn wrote:
> On 12 August 2006 20:21, joe trree wrote:
>   Can you work around this problem by (starting with both at "Keep")
> 
> -  set first package to "Reinstall"
> -  set second package to "Reinstall"
> -  set first package to "Uninstall"
> -  set second package to "Uninstall"

Maybe it would be intuitive ask the user (by providing a dialogue box 
with package list and count) to implicitly set the Reinstall/Uninstall 
operation on all mutually-dependant packages and their descendants in 
the same operation.

A two button dialog offering "Abort" or "Include".


Darryl

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