Jochen Spieker grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> David Guntner:
>>
>> Running 6.0.7. This morning, I did an aptitude update, followed by:
>>
>>> # aptitude safe-upgrade
>>> Resolving dependencies...
>>> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>>> libwine{u} libwine-alsa{u} libwine-cms{u} libwine-gl{u} libwine-gphoto2{u} libwine-ldap{u} libwine-print{u}
>>> libwine-sane{u} wine{u} wine-bin{u} wine-utils{u}
>
> Wow. So much for the "safe" in "safe-upgrade". Looks like a reason to
> ditch aptitude.
>
> And, just BTW: even if a package is removed from Debian's repositories,
> that doesn't mean apt(itude) automatically removes it from your system.
> That would be really horrible behaviour.
Hopefully, by now you'll have read my followup to myself. :-) I think
it may be related to the Playonlinux package, for reasons mentioned there.
And aptitude works just fine. :-)
--Dave
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