Bug#440242: closed by "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> (closing #440242)

[Zefram <zefram@fysh.org>]

reopen 440242
thanks

Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote:
>'dist-upgrade' command may remove packages without installing any replacement,
>it's nature of this command. If you don't want to remove any packages, you
>should use 'upgrade' command. All above is documented.

Where is this documented?  The man page describes dist-upgrade thus:

	dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of upgrade,
	also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions
	of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system,
	and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at
	the expense of less important ones if necessary.

There's no indication here that it might remove requested packages.
Indeed, the description of "upgrade", incorporated into the above by
reference, explicitly says

	under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed,
	or packages not already installed retrieved and installed.

-zefram