Bug#1065831: apt tries to uninstall kde & plasma (full-upgrade)
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024 at 11:32:24PM +0100, Miguel Angel Rojas wrote:
> > I see. It looks like `apt upgrade <package>' behaves as `apt install
> > <package>'. Which (to me) is unexpected behaviour, as the man page is
> quite
> >clear on its behaviour (man 8 apt-get):
>
> Well, clearly it shouldn’t. To begin with, “apt install” should mark a
> package as manual installed while “apt upgrade” shouldn’t (my assumption).
> And you’re right that “apt install” can remove a package if needed to
> satisfy dependencies.
>
> On top of that, documentation clearly states that “apt upgrade” should not
> remove any package, but it does when you specify an individual package to
> upgrade.
>
> If this is not the expected behavior, maybe this is a bug (unless I am
> missing something here).
I do not know what the bug here is, it could be one of these options:
1) apt-get/apt upgrade accepts packages to upgrade where the docs state it
doesn't. The behaviour needs to change to not accept packages.
2) apt-get/apt upgrade accepts packages and removes packages to satisfy deps
where the docs state it doesn't. The behaviour need to change to not remove
any packages. There is a small edge case where you can say: `apt upgrade foo
bar-'. Technically, it shouldn't remove packages, yet you want and instruct
it to remove bar.
FWIW, aptitude does not remove packages where you call `aptitude safe-upgrade
foo'. It does remove packages when you call `aptitude full-upgrade foo'. It
also removes bar when you run `aptitude safe-upgrade foo bar-'.
I'll leave this for the maintainers to answer.
Cheers,
Wesley
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