Do I need avahi?

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 30 July 2013, lee sent:
> Ah yes, avahi-libs is a separate package!  How would I make it so that
> it doesn't get removed when removing the avahi package?  That should
> leave all the packages installed that need the libraries and not the
> avahi daemon. 

Re-install just the library, afterwards?  (That's a question, not an
answer, because I don't know if you're going to be able to do this.)

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