I see what you mean. An upgrade could examine the dependency differences between the old and new ubuntu-meta packages and do those changes even if they are not installed any more. Reopening as a wishlist bug against update-manager.
** Changed in: update-manager (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: syslog-ng => update-manager Importance: Medium => Wishlist Status: Rejected => Confirmed -- syslog-ng causes ubuntu-minimal to be removed. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/42555 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs