Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0700, NewDeb <ace_shikha@hotmail.com> was heard to say:
> Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get
> the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying
> to understand the difference between the NEW packages and the Extra
> packages. Why are they being called out separately ? Even if some packages
> are "Extra", are they newly installed too ?
Ah, ok. This is apt-get that's printing this, not dpkg.
> apt-get --download-only install tomcat5
You asked to install tomcat5.
> The following extra packages will be installed:
These are all the packages apt wants to install that are not tomcat5.
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
These are all the packages that apt will install. (the final, complete
list) It includes tomcat5 and all the extra packages.
Please don't ask me *why* apt-get behaves this way; it just always
has.
Daniel
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