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Re: strange apt-listchanges behavior



On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 07:14:21AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> This morning as usual I ran 'dselect update' and then
> 'apt-get -s upgrade'. There were 22 packages to be upgraded, including
> XFree86. I decided to do it in steps so I did:
> 
> 'apt-get install logtail logcheck-database logcheck ssh alien libdps1
> libpam-doc netris sudo phpmyadmin'
> 
> When apt-listchanges ran I got info about the new XFree86 even though
> I didn't ask for it to be updated yet. There were no ftp lines for
> XFree86.
> 
> I think I've noticed this happening before but didn't pay much
> attention. What's going on?

AIUI, apt-listchanges works by source package rather than binary
package.  libdps1 is the Display PostScript library, a part of XFree86,
so apt-listchanges will tell you about it.  It is kind of surprising the
first time you see it, but there is a reason for it.

-rob

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