Re: The following packages have been kept back
* Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk> [181119 11:13]:
> On 19.11.18 10:09, Marvin Renich wrote:
> > If you say «apt-get install firmware-linux-nonfree» it should tell you
> > what it is going to do and ask for confirmation if any other packages
> > will be installed or removed.
>
> I would call this unfortunate, because security update should not bring new
> packages unless really needed.
This does not appear to be a security update, but (looking at the
version numbers involved) a release upgrade from jessie to stretch,
though I could be wrong. Security updates, in general, do not add or
remove dependencies without a real need. The security team is very
sensitive to this. Also, unattended-upgrades does not simply do apt-get
upgrade; I believe it does allow changing dependencies.
I'm not sure why you say «apt-get install ...» asking for confirmation
is unfortunate (or were you saying something else?).
...Marvin
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