> I have a user who was bit by this (apparently, without dist-upgrade):
To my knowledge without "dist-upgrade" and unless specifically asked to
by using "remote" or "purge", apt never ever removes packages.
> Start-Date: 2018-06-28 18:45:04
> Commandline: packagekit role='update-packages'
> Requested-By: john (1002)
> Upgrade:
[…]
> But:
>
> Remove:
> plasma-workspace:amd64 (4:5.12.5-1)
> libtaskmanager6:amd64 (4:5.12.5-1)
Just *don´t* do it then.
I know, but it wasn't me... the user just clicked YES to the updates suggested by KDE package updater. I thought its suggestions came only from "apt-get update"-able, not dist-upgrade.
By the way, the reason he updated is that sound wasn't working anymore (only "dummy output" instead of onboard card).
Thanks,
Marco