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Bug#600664: openjdk-6-jre-lib: unable to remove package (circular dependency on openjdk-6-jre-headless?)

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From: Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:58:52 -0500
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I seem to have tracked the problem down.  libaccess-bridge-java is a
dependency of openjdk-6-jre, and that depends on default-jre |
openjdk-jre, so if openjdk-jre is removed, then default-jre is forcably
installed.  Thus a circular dependency.

One can solve the problem by removing libaccess-bridge-java in
conjunction with openjdk.  

I don't see why libaccess-bridge-java needs to be a dependency since
it just provides some additional accessibility for gnome. Could that be
changed to a recommends?

Mike