stable->testing wants to remove loads of packages ...

[Jonathan Matthews <jaycee@jaycee.uklinux.net>]

Hi all.

Just wondering if anyone knows why the following's happening:


# apt-get -f dist-upgrade
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  console-tools gdm gnome-control-center gnome-gturing groff gs gv libguile6
  locales man-db task-gnome-apps task-gnome-desktop task-gnome-games
  task-gnome-net task-x-window-system-core xbase-clients xf86setup
  xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-cjk xfonts-cyrillic
  xfonts-scalable xlib6g-dev xmanpages xpm4g 
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  cpp-2.95 defoma g++-2.95 gcc-2.95 gconf gnome-gnotski gnome-mime-data
  groff-base host ifupdown ipchains klogd libast1 libbonobo2 libbz2-1.0
  libcap1 libcdparanoia0 libdb3 libdns5 libdps1 libefs1 libfreetype6 libgc6
  libgconf11 libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 libgdk-pixbuf2 libgimpprint1
  libgnome-vfs-common libgnome-vfs0 libgpmg1 libgtk1.2-common libguile9
  libimlib2 libisc4 libldap2 libltdl3 liblwres1 liboaf0 libpcap0 libpcre3
  libperl5.6 libsasl7 libscrollkeeper0 libssl0.9.6 libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2
  libttf2 libungif4g libwww0 libxaw6 libxaw7 net-tools netkit-inetd
  netkit-ping oaf perl perl-doc perl-modules perl-suid portmap python1.5-base
  python2.1 scrollkeeper xlibs xlibs-dev xscreensaver-gnome 
The following packages have been kept back
  base-config console-data gedit gnumeric libpaperg lilo tetex-bin xfs
  xserver-common xserver-svga xserver-vga16 xterm 
261 packages upgraded, 65 newly installed, 26 to remove and 12 not upgraded.
Need to get 135MB of archives. After unpacking 69.2MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

This happens after changing an up-to-date potato to point to testing, 'cept without the security sources.list entry.

I'm not really sure that I want all that stuff to disappear, and it doesn't look like that cpio problem that was doing the rounds a while ago.

Any help appreciated!
jc