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@abebinder abebinder commented Feb 7, 2026

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linuxmint/mintinstall#488

Before

before_dep_fix

In mintinstall, going to the package page for a package that is both

  • priority: "required"
  • essential: no

would show an error pop-up. An example package is zlib1g. This was a result of the following:

  1. The package would simulate being removed
  2. During that removal simulation, an "unmet dependencies" error would be thrown which would resolve to status BROKEN.
  3. This would ultimately result in the error pop-up window.

After

after_dep_fix

We change the removal simulation to resolve to STATUS_FORBIDDEN for Priority:required packages. In mintinstall, these packages now show no error pop up and the remove button is greyed out with "Cannot Remove" message, along with detailed tooltip message that removing the package would cause damage to the system. .

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