> ... and run 4. and 5. above in the wrong order?
>
> In the e-warning words of --depclean itself:
>
> "* Depclean may break link level dependencies. Thus, it is
>  * recommended to use a tool such as `revdep-rebuild` ... "
>

Agreed, revdep last. I always run depclean with pretend first. If depclean
wants to remove key packages like python, i will often just remove all the
others it has identified manually rather than running it again without
pretend. I also use buildsyspkg.