On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:33:08AM -0700, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > On Tue, Dec 02, 2003 at 10:57:31PM -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > > Don't think so. apt-cache policy shows one unstable entry, priority > > 50. > > > > Maybe there is an upgrade that depends on an uninstalled package that > > is only in unstable. And then the presence of that package pulls in > > others? > > > > Some results: > > apt-get upgrade does nothing > > apt-get -t unstable upgrade pulls in lots > > apt-get dist-upgrade wants to upgrade > > gaim gedit ghex gnome-session gnomeicu grip libdate-calc-perl libfnlib0 > > libgnomedb-dev > > libgnomedb0 libgtk2.0-0 libhtml-format-perl libmail-mbox-messageparser-perl > > libofx0c102 > > libqt2 libxft2 libxine1 pan > > and install quite a few new packages. > > apt-get -t unstable dist-upgrade is massive > > This is all as expected. With the first you've asked apt to _upgrade_ > your system. The man page states the following for _upgrade_: > > under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, > or packages not already installed retrieved and installed > > With the second you've changed your default release to unstable, thereby > increasing it's priority for this run to 990. As a result, it's going > to attempt to upgrade everything that's already installed to the version > available in unstable. > > With the last command you've asked apt to _dist-upgrade_ which is > defined in the man page as: > > 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. >
It was mostly as I expected, but the part that is surprising to me is that apt-get -s dist-upgrade pulled in unstable packages when unstable was pinned at 50. I did offer one theory above, but don't have much confidence in it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]