Re: 400+ unwanted package removal

[John Stevenson <john.stevenson@objectcore.co.uk>]

> > jano kupec wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > did you run dselect after this? isn't it that dselect re-resolved
> > > package dependencies and set those packages that you changed to install
> > > back to deinstall?
> > >      
>
> If you do:
>
> dpkg --set-selections < file
>
> Then you *will* have to do:
>
> apt-get dselect-upgrade
>
> before you then apt-get install
>
> -- Thomas Adam
>  
If I run apt-get dselect-upgrade then the 400+ packages are listed for 
removal. 

If I run apt-get upgrade then nothing is listed for removal.  This 
suggests that apt-get and dselect are out of sync in terms of which 
packages should remain installed.

I cannot tell if aptitude wants to remove any packages, as I am still 
trying to learn how to use apptitude as well as I understand dselect.

Johnny.