On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, Tuomas Jormola wrote: > X is a new package that I want to look at. > Y is an installed package that conflicts with X. > I think "apt-get -d install X" shouldn't warn removing Y, though it's made to > download X that WOULD conflict with Y if X was really installed. Currently apt > yells it's going to REMOVE package Y, though it never removes it, which is > correct of course.
Download-only is sort of a 'no act' mode of operation, it goes through exactly the same motions as it normally would except that it doesn't do the final install step. Thus it makes sense that it shows the packages that would need to be removed if that new package is installed. Put another way, someone else might come along and ask for -d to show packages to remove so they could evaluate if they want to actually download it in the first place :> Jason
