Re: Full install/removal/upgrade test results available

[David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:32, Yves-Alexis Perez <corsac@debian.org> wrote:
> On 19/11/2010 08:52, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
>> Anyone knows why and how to fix that? Would a “breaks” instead of a
>> “conflicts” fix it?
>
> Seems that “Breaks:” doesn't work either:
>
>> Investigating (0) xfce4-settings [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.6.5-3 > ( xfce )
>> Broken xfce4-settings:amd64 Breaks on xfce4-mcs-plugins [ amd64 ] < 4.4.2-4 > ( x11 )
>>   Considering xfce4-mcs-plugins:amd64 0 as a solution to xfce4-settings:amd64 0
>>   Holding Back xfce4-settings:amd64 rather than change xfce4-mcs-plugins:amd64
>> Investigating (0) xfce4-session [ amd64 ] < 4.4.2-6 -> 4.6.2-2 > ( xfce )
>> Broken xfce4-session:amd64 Depends on xfce4-settings [ amd64 ] < none -> 4.6.5-3 > ( xfce )
>>   Considering xfce4-settings:amd64 0 as a solution to xfce4-session:amd64 0
>>   Holding Back xfce4-session:amd64 rather than change xfce4-settings:amd64
>>  Try to Re-Instate (1) xfce4-session:amd64
>> Done
>
> I'm not sure why apt doesn't want to remove xfce4-mcs-plugin at all. Any
> idea?

xfce4-mcs-manager recommends it.
As APT has no indication that this package can go away it does the
only right thing (TM): Chooses to keep xfce4-mcs-plugins as otherwise
the user will lose functionality…
(recommends are defined as installed on all, expect "unusual" systems,
 so their value is very close to a depends for APT)


Best regards

David Kalnischkies