Package: update-manager Version: 0.68.debian-2 Severity: grave In contrast to synaptic, update-manager's "Smart Upgrade" function doesn't ask for confirmation of changes when an upgrade would cause packages which would end up with dependency problems are to be removed.
Cases in point: the update of network-manager to version 0.6.5-1 caused network-manager-gnome to be removed because the new binary package was not yet in unstable. More recently, an update to apt caused all packages which depended on libapt-pkg-libc6.6-6-4.6 to be removed. This was an extremely grave situation, because it removed aptitude and most of the other package management tools, including synaptic and update-manager. Fortunately, apt-get was not removed, so the situation could be remedied. IMHO update-manager "Smart Upgrade" should always allow the user to confirm proposed changes. The actual installations and removals that are going to be done are not always clear from reading the changelog entries, and also the user has to choose between "Smart Upgrade" and a normal upgrade before even being able to view the changelogs. After reading them, users may have forgotten whether they chose "Smart Upgrade" or normal upgrade in the first place. (This happened to me several times.) Kind regards, Alain --- System information. --- Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux 2.6.22 Debian Release: lenny/sid 500 voip-snapshots-debian-sid snapshots.ekiga.net 500 unstable download.xs4all.nl 500 unstable debian-mirrors.sdinet.de 500 unstable deb.opera.com 500 testing download.xs4all.nl 500 testing debian-mirrors.sdinet.de 500 pkg-voip-debian-sid pkg-voip.buildserver.net 1 experimental download.xs4all.nl --- Package information. --- Depends (Version) | Installed =========================================-+-============== python2.4 | 2.4.4-6 python (>= 2.4) | 2.4.4-6 python-support (>= 0.2) | 0.7.5 gconf2 (>= 2.10.1-2) | 2.20.0-1 libgnome2-perl | 1.040-1 python-gnome2 (>= 2.12.4-1) | 2.20.0-1 python-glade2 (>= 2.8.2-4) | 2.12.0-1 python-vte | 1:0.16.9-1 python-dbus | 0.82.3-1 synaptic | 0.60+b2 update-manager-core | 0.68.debian-2 software-properties-gtk | 0.60.debian-1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]