sarge -> etch: aptitude problem

["Andreas Goesele" <Goesele@hfph.mwn.de>]

Hi,

doing an upgrade I encountered among others the following problem: I
so far used apt-get, but following the release notes I switched to
aptitude. But as a result much to much packages were installed:

Before the upgrade I did still with sarge sources an "aptitude
dist-upgrade" - with the result that nothing was to do.

But following the path described in the release notes many packages
were installed which I had purged on my sarge install: Especially an
number of meta-packages like kdemultimedia, gnome, gnome-office etc.

This wasn't a big problem (except that I now have to remove all that
stuff) but on my laptop I don't have much space left and have to
assure that no packages are installed that I don't want/need.

So my question: How can I - using aptitude - make sure that not all
those meta-packages etc. are drawn in?

Thanks a lot in advance!

Andreas Goesele

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