Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]
On Fri 05 Oct 2018 at 11:03:31 -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I'm not sure I know enough to re-phrase the question. I'm also surprised /
> confused to see the two tags: "Essential: yes" and "Priority: required" -- I
> presume that is not redundant information, but at first glance it seems so.
At second glance you looked at
https://wiki.debian.org/Glossary
and the light dawned.
> Anyway, I am just "fishing" for information on how dist-upgrade decides which
> package is more important to install (when faced with such a decision).
>
> I suppose I can live without knowing that ;-)
I've lost track. Are you using dist-upgrade on stable or unstable?
--
Brian.
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