Re: Potato upgrade and Perl warnings...

[Sean <snmjohnson@iclub.org>]

Actually, apt-get upgrade will NOT remove packages, nor will it install new packages
because an upgraded package requires a new package .... from the man page:

"...under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed and installed.
New versions of currently installed package that cannot be upgraded without changing
the install status of another package will be left at their current version ...."

Sean


Bob Nielsen wrote:

>
> apt-get upgrade won't list which packages it wants to upgrade, but will
> list new packages, packages it will remove and packages held back,
> giving you a chance to exit before it actually does anything. With
> dselect, I kept going around in circles on the dependency/conflict
> resolution screens.