Re: aptitude full-upgrade installs unnecessary packages

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 06/15/2012 12:15 PM, Christoph Groth wrote:
> Wayne Topa<linuxtwo@gmail.com>  writes:
>
> > On 06/15/2012 10:24 AM, Christoph Groth wrote:
>
> > > For a reason that I do not understand, currently full-upgrade wants to
> > > install some rather huge packages.
>
> > Install the debian-reference package and read section 2.3.5. System wide
> > upgrade
>
> Thanks.  I read section 2.3.5, but I don't see how this helps with my
> problem.

"You should make precautionary moves for the full upgrade while 
gathering latest information from mailing list and using common senses."

The cautions alone are enough to give you a hint.  Did you do the 13 
steps after the above?

In 19+ years of using Debian, I have done only 1 full-upgrade and that 
was a few years ago.  For me, once was enough. A safe-upgrade means just 
that, safe.

YMMV

> "aptitude -D" is supposed to show for each package to be newly installed
> the reason why it is needed.  In my case, aptitude wants to install
> texlive-fonts-extra though this package is currently not installed and
> also (to my knowledge) not required or recommended in any way.
>
> "apt-get full-upgrade" wants to do the same, BTW.
>
> Christoph