Re: Make upgrade of named packages also upgrade their Recommends?

[Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de>]

The Wanderer wrote on 29/12/2025 16:04:
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> I suppose in principle I could script something that would do
>
>    for every package specified:
>      get all its dependencies, recursively (respecting that config)
>      for every package specified or gotten:
>        if it has a newer eligible version showing as available:
>          check whether it is marked as manually installed
>          upgrade it
>          if it was not marked as manually installed:
>            explicitly set it as automatically installed

Maybe the package debtree can be of help here.

Regards,
Jörg.