On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 04:37:40PM +0100, Alberto Salvia Novella wrote: > Julian Andres Klode: > > Usually it is a Suggests from another existing package. > > If I run "apt-cache depends gnome-shell", it says: > Recommends: gdm > Breaks: gdm > > Is this normal, having a package both as recommended and as breaking?
The "Breaks:" stanza is versioned, meaning that gnome-shell can't work with certain old versions of gdm3. This really matters only for partial upgrades. -- A tit a day keeps the vet away.
