> Dear fellow Debian users, > My system is in a state which apt-get finds acceptable: > But aptitude goes bonkers Although I don't use apititude APT a few weeks ago did something similar after an update and dist-upgrade. It was as if some diabolical gnome team member decided to forcefully spread the gnome desktop to the unwary. I declined these suggested additional packages by selecting: #apt-get upgrade [instead of] apt-get dist-upgrade -- C