Re: Dist-upgrade Mess of Sid--mplayer?
On Monday 24 September 2007, Joey Hess wrote:
> David Baron wrote:
> > One doesn't dare at this point, I'm afraid.
> > More and more packages to remove.
> >
> > However one may notice that they are replaced "new install" instead of
> > "upgrade" but there is a large number so must check each one.
> >
> > One that stands out is mplayer. Is mplayer with it common-law(-less)
> > usage of proprietary codex being eliminated from Debian?
>
> It might help to paste the actual apt behavior that you're experiencing,
> rather than speculating.
>
> FWIW, mplayer was added to Debian in version 4.0 after a rather involved
> review process.
Here is (abbreviated) the current dist-upgrade for my system after upgrading
most else that is "clean". (I do not use udev nor do I need all those x video
modules not relevant to an older nvidia.)
~$ sudo apt-get -s dist-upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
grep-dctrl gtksee hotplug imlib-progs irda-tools libcapplet1 libgii0
libgii0-target-x libglib1.2 libgssapi2 librpm4 libwnck18 linuxvideostudio
mplayer mysql-admin-common mysql-query-browser-common schedutils xfce
The following NEW packages will be installed:
check cpp-4.2 firebird2.0-common g++-4.2 gcc-4.2 libavahi-compat-libdnssd1
libboost-date-time1.34.1 libboost-regex1.34.1 libcompress-raw-zlib-perl
libdb4.6 libfbclient2 libgail-dev libglib1.2ldbl libgomp1 libgssglue1
libhesiod0 libio-compress-base-perl libio-compress-zlib-perl libmpich1.0ldbl
libniftiio1 libopencdk10 libpixman-1-0 libpixman-1-dev libpoppler-glib1
libpurple-bin libpurple0 librpm4.4 libsigsegv0 libssh2-1 libssh2-1-dev
libstdc++6-4.2-dev libvolume-id0 libxcomposite-dev libxcomposite1
libxdamage-dev libzephyr3 mysql-gui-tools-common stunnel4 udev x11-apps
x11-session-utils x11-utils x11-xfs-utils x11-xkb-utils x11-xserver-utils
x11proto-composite-dev x11proto-damage-dev xauth xinit
xserver-xorg-input-all
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-all
xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-chips
xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128 xserver-xorg-video-i740
xserver-xorg-video-imstt xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mga
xserver-xorg-video-neomagic xserver-xorg-video-newport
xserver-xorg-video-nsc
xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng
xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga
xserver-xorg-video-via xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
The following packages have been kept back:
libace-dev xaos
The following packages will be upgraded:
boinc-client cpp cupsys dctrl-tools dillo fftw-dev fftw2 g++ g77 gcc
gdk-imlib11 gimp gimp-data gnome-bin gnome-libs-data gnutls-bin gqcam
gscanbus
gtans gtk-engines-qtpixmap gtkpool gucharmap initscripts jpilot
jpilot-plugins
k3d lesstif2 lftp libcompress-zlib-perl libcupsimage2 libcupsys2
libcupsys2-dev
libcurl3 libcurl3-gnutls libcurl4-openssl-dev libgimp2.0 libglade-gnome0
libglade0 libglade0-dev libglib1.2-dev libgnome32 libgnomecanvas2-0
libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomecanvas2-dev libgnomeprint2.2-0
libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common
libgnomesupport0 libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomeui-dev libgnomeui32
libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-dev libgnorba27
libgnorbagtk0
libgnutls13 libgstreamer0.10-0 libgstreamer0.10-dev libgtk-canvas1 libgtk1.2
libgtk1.2-dev libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtk2.0-dev
libgtkextra17 libgtkmm1.2-0c2a libgtkxmhtml1 libgucharmap6 libldap2
libldap2-dev libmdc2 libmdc2-dev libmetacity0 libmono-firebirdsql1.7-cil
liborbit0 libpam-modules libperl5.8 librpcsecgss3 libsane-extras
libsane-extras-dev libsigsegv-dev libwnck-common libwxgtk2.4-1 libxdelta2
libzvt2 linneighborhood linux-libc-dev linux-sound-base medcon
metacity-common
monotone mpich-bin mysql-admin mysql-query-browser nfs-common
nfs-kernel-server
perl perl-base perl-suid pidgin pidgin-data pmidi python-glade-1.2
python-glade2 python-gnome2 python-gtk-1.2 python-gtk2 python-gtk2-dev
python2.4 python2.4-dev python2.4-minimal python2.5 python2.5-minimal rpm
samba
samba-common scli sfftw2 smbclient smbfs stunnel swami util-linux
util-linux-locales vlc vlc-nox xbase-clients xdelta xdialog xgdvi xmedcon
xmms
xmms-dev xmms-goom xmms-jack xmms-jackasyn xnest xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg-core
xserver-xorg-dev xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-kbd
xserver-xorg-input-mouse xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-dummy
xserver-xorg-video-nv xserver-xorg-video-vmware xutils xwine
153 upgraded, 84 newly installed, 18 to remove and 2 not upgraded.
* * *
Note that most everything "comes back" in some form except mplayer (maybe some
others as well).
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