Re: apt-get foolishness
On Fri, 2 Aug 2002 06:47:35 -0400
"Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@storm.ca> wrote:
> I think apt is just
> trying to be smart here, but additionally upgrading the packages
> affected because a new version is available, but this is not appropriate
> here since I'm doing a remove. I consider this a bug, unless someone can
> explain why you would want to remove, and then upgrade the very packages
> that you ordered removed.
It may be that in the past upgrades that have been done, the packages now
in question were not upgraded because upgrading them would produce some
conflict with the package you are now trying to remove. Now that it's
getting removed the previously requested upgrade is free to proceed. I'm
just speculating here.
--
Jamin W. Collins
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