Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
Vincent Lefevre writes:
> Things like that should not happen. But this is not a bug in the perl
> packages. This is a misfeature of apt / aptitude, which want to remove
> packages instead of holding the new packages (well, AFAIK, aptitude
> has improved, but is still not perfect).
Aptitude can't read your mind. When you tell it to install something it
assumes that you mean what you say and proposes solutions to any
conflicts based on various heuristics. You are expected to look over
the proposals and accept or reject them. With Unstable often the best
solution is to give up on installing that package for now.
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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