On 2013-06-02 07:08:53 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 03:16:32PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > How can I tell apt-get not to break the system by removing > > potentially useful packages? > > By using "apt-get upgrade" instead of "apt-get dist-upgrade"
I had problems with "apt-get upgrade" in the past. I don't remember what, but this may be what the apt-get man page describes: "under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed." This is not what I want. For instance, it should be fine to remove transitional packages. > Have you got an example of where this is a concern? For instance, "apt-get dist-upgrade" says that apache2.2-common libapache2-svn will be removed (due to the 2.2 -> 2.4 apache2 transition). It is not OK, because libapache2-svn should not be removed. Using "apt-get upgrade" isn't OK either, because if I understand correctly, it will never accept to remove apache2.2-common (as this is a 2.2 related package as its name says). -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- 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/20130601231246.ga27...@xvii.vinc17.org