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@@ -248,7 +248,9 @@ before it was unpacked, dependency relations must be satisfied, …), but
they don't need to be complete: A planner can and should expect that any
package which wasn't explicitly configured will be configured at the end
automatically. That also means through that a planner is not allowed to
-produce a solution in which a package remains unconfigured.
+produce a solution in which a package remains unconfigured. Also,
+packages which are requested to be removed will be automatically removed
+at the end if not marked for removal explicitly earlier.
In terms of expressivity, all stanzas can carry one single field each, as
APT-IDs are enough to pinpoint packages to be installed/removed.