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Re: Why does apt-get upgrade want to remove half of my packages?



On Thu, 10 May 2018, Daniel Urist wrote:

> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Alexander Wirt <formorer@formorer.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > * why should I install specific backports instead of all that are
> > available?
> > They are not tested together and probably not compatible together (as seen
> > here)
> >
> 
> I understand that this is a complex issue, but this recommendation is still
> really problematic; it's very common to want to install multiple backports
> (even if not all), but this implies that it's only ever safe to install a
> single backport on a given system.
And you have to understand that this is not possible for a ton of reasons. 

Alex


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