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Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install



NewDeb wrote:
> Thanks for replying !! 
> So is it safe to assume that "Extra" list of packages is always a subset of
> the New Packages list. 
No. These categories are completely different.

> 
> Thanks again,
> 
> Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
>> NewDeb wrote:
>>> Hi all, 
>>>
>>> I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the
>>> NEW and Extra packages that are installed when dpkg -i is used. 
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> NEW packages - packages recently came to repository
>> Extra - packages with priority extra
>>
>> -- 
>> Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.
>>
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Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.

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