Re: Sid Unstable Upgrade: 111MB space to be freed but NO removed packages?
On 2015-11-22 08:45 -0500, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote:
> Just sending out a feeler as a heads up for anyone who whips through
> upgrades without noting the package manager's "fine print". This is
> what I'm looking at this morning:
>
> +++
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> libisl15
> The following packages will be upgraded:
> cpp-5 g++-5 gcc-5 gcc-5-base libalgorithm-c3-perl libalgorithm-diff-xs-perl
> libalgorithm-merge-perl libasan2 libatomic1 libcc1-0 libcilkrts5
> libfreetype6 libgcc-5-dev libgcc1 libgfortran3 libgomp1 libitm1 liblsan0
> libmpx0 libpango-perl libpcre16-3 libpcre3 libquadmath0 libssh-gcrypt-4
> libstdc++-5-dev libstdc++6 libtsan0 libubsan0 lp-solve php-codecoverage
> 30 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 6 not upgraded.
> Need to get 74.6 MB/75.1 MB of archives.
> After this operation, 111 MB disk space will be freed.
> +++
>
> **111 MB disk space will be freed.**
This seems to be solely due to the size of g++-5 having shrunk a lot,
because cc1plus is now stripped. Since the changelog does not mention
that, it is likely unintentional, but nothing for you to worry about.
See https://bugs.debian.org/783876 on the topic of huge gcc-5 packages.
Cheers,
Sven
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