Bug#819636: aptitude: wants to remove a recommended package

On 2016-04-01 16:24:47 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > If you didn't have several versions enabled at the same time, libecm0 > would maybe be detected as "obsolete" and maybe then apt-get > dist-ugprade would decide to go ahead with the upgrade and remove the > obsolete package. But

Bug#819636: aptitude: wants to remove a recommended package

More info about this. In my system, with unstable and the old libecm0 and gmp-ecm installed by hand (so they are "obsolete"): # apt-get -s install gmp-ecm ... The following additional packages will be installed: libecm1 The following NEW packages will be installed: libecm1 The following

Bug#819636: aptitude: wants to remove a recommended package

Control: tags -1 + moreinfo 2016-04-01 0:29 GMT+01:00 Vincent Lefevre : >> If the above is indeed what happens, the end result is not very useful >> in this particular case; but from aptitude's POV if the user marks for >> upgrade is because it doesn't want the current

Bug#819636: aptitude: wants to remove a recommended package

Hi, On 2016-03-31 21:05:57 +0100, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote: > 2016-03-31 12:55 Vincent Lefevre: > > ypig:~> aptitude why gmp-ecm > > i libecm0 Recommends gmp-ecm (= 6.4.4+ds-5) > > Side note: If I recall correctly, "aptitude why" explains the current > state of the system, not

Bug#819636: aptitude: wants to remove a recommended package

Hi, 2016-03-31 12:55 Vincent Lefevre: Package: aptitude Version: 0.7.8-1 Severity: important On upgrade from the UI, aptitude wants to remove the gmp-ecm package. The given reason is: gmp-ecm was installed automatically; it is being removed because all of the▒ packages which depend upon