Weird Upgrade procedure - Debian Testing.

[Amit Joshi <amitjoshi86@gmail.com>]

While trying to upgrade my Debian Testing system, it shows me a horde of 
packages that could be upgraded. But take a look at the bottom of this output 
where it mentions the size et al. The size of the _to_be_fetched_ packages is 
227MB, while it is gonna use around 1.5MB of disk-space??

Kinda weird..I don't understand. I would simply download the single 1.5MB 
Package, right?

Anybody experiencing similar problems?

I tried the same with aptitude, with the same results. 




debian:~# apt-get upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
The following packages have been kept back:
  amarok amarok-engines amarok-xine gnupg
The following packages will be upgraded:
  apt-listbugs bootsplash-theme-debian bsdutils cdrdao console-common 
console-data dash dbus dctrl-tools dictionaries-common discover1
  discover1-data dvd+rw-tools exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light 
gettext-base gnome-mime-data grep grep-dctrl grub hdparm
  iptables kappfinder kate kcontrol kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-data 
kdebase-kio-plugins kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdepasswd kdeprint
  kdesktop kdm kfind khelpcenter kicker klibc-utils klipper kmenuedit 
konqueror konqueror-nsplugins konsole kopete kpager kpersonalizer
  ksmserver ksplash ksysguard ksysguardd ktip ktorrent kwin libavahi-client3 
libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3
  libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-qt3-1 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common 
libdbus-1-3 libdbus-glib-1-2 libdiscover1 libgl1-mesa-dri
  libgl1-mesa-glx libglu1-mesa libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common 
libgstreamer-plugins-base0.10-0 libhttp-access2-ruby1.8 libklibc libkonq4
  libkrb53 libmysqlclient15off libneon26 libsmbclient libsoup2.2-8 libsvga1 
libsysfs2 libtunepimp3 libvolume-id0 libx11-6 libx11-data mdadm
  mkisofs modconf mount mysql-client mysql-client-5.0 mysql-common 
mysql-server mysql-server-5.0 nano openoffice.org openoffice.org-base
  openoffice.org-calc openoffice.org-common openoffice.org-core 
openoffice.org-draw openoffice.org-impress openoffice.org-java-common
  openoffice.org-math openoffice.org-writer python-central python-support 
python-uno svgalibg1 ttf-dejavu ttf-opensymbol udev update-inetd
  util-linux w32codecs wodim x-window-system-core x11-common xorg xserver-xorg 
xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-mga xutils
126 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 4 not upgraded.
Need to get 227MB of archives.
After unpacking 1412kB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n
Abort.



-- 
Regards, 
Amit. 

Remember fellas, what we do in life echoes in eternity!