On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:27:25 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Mi, 28 dec 11, 02:35:41, Hendrik Boom wrote: >> Recently, with wheezy, when I try to upgrade using aptitude in teh >> interactive interface, I get a lot of potentially unsatisfied >> dependencies. (I use u to update the package list, then U to make a >> set of upgrades) Aptitude usually suggests I remove a lot of packages. >> gnome and its minions are usually on the list, which is drastic. I end >> up exploring alternatives, but there are often no acceptable ones. I >> seem to remember there used to be a way to upgrade where it would only >> consider packages that could be upgraded without removing stuff (except >> for packages that had become obsolete or had nothing depending on them >> any more, of course). > > Only via the commandline (safe-upgrade). U in interactive mode does the > equivalent of full-upgrade. I'm guessing the rationale is that in > interactive mode the admin is able to pass various hints to fix such > complex situations, or just decide to wait
I'll try the safe-upgrade, Thanks. Currently I'm waiting. > BTW, you are of course aware that Gnome 3 has migrated to wheezy, right? > (I'm asking because you might be seeing the Gnome 2 -> Gnome 3 upgrade) Painfully aware. I fled to xfce. I may go back when it stabilizes. In the meantime, it's getting in the way of smooth upgrades. I guess I could uninstall gnome, but that seems drastic. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/jdf7hm$5hp$1...@dough.gmane.org