Bug#76219: apt: apt-get dist-upgrade is too agressive in removing packages
On Sat, Nov 04, 2000 at 04:24:19PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> On 00-11-03 kstar@sri.net wrote:
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 0.3.19
> > Severity: normal
>
> > This just seems wrong to me:
>
> > % apt-get -s dist-upgrade
> > Reading Package Lists...
> > Building Dependency Tree...
> > The following packages will be REMOVED:
> > xcontrib xcopilot xmanpages xpm4g
> > The following NEW packages will be installed:
> > libxaw-dev libxaw6 libxaw7 xlibs xlibs-dev xutils
> > The following packages have been kept back
> > task-x-window-system-core
>
> Would you please explain what's wrong about this and why especially you
> report this as bug against apt?
If I took this upgrade, I would lose xcopilot (because of a dependency
on xpm4g). Shouldn't apt keep all of these back until there's a version
of xcopilot available that doesn't depend on xpm4g? That's what I've grown
to expect, and what I would want.
- Kurt
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