Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 08/12/08 23:25, NewDeb wrote:
> 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 ?
>
>
> apt-get --download-only install tomcat5
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> The following extra packages will be installed:
>    axis (1.2.1-2jpp.7.fc7)
>    bcel (5.1-10jpp.4.fc7)
[snip]
>    xml-commons-apis (1.3.03-0jpp.1.fc7)
>    xml-commons-resolver (1.1-1jpp.12)
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>    axis (1.2.1-2jpp.7.fc7)
>    bcel (5.1-10jpp.4.fc7)
[snip]
>    xml-commons-apis (1.3.03-0jpp.1.fc7)
>    xml-commons-resolver (1.1-1jpp.12)
> 0 upgraded, 42 newly installed, 0 removed and 27 not upgraded.

IIRC, "extra" packages are needed-but-not-currently-installed, and 
"new" is the sum of "extra" plus "need to be upgraded".

--
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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