Hi all! I'm new on the list so I hope my question is not stupid and I'm asking it in the good list.
I have Sid installed on my computer and I would like to know how to keep my base system (~prequired, ~pimportant, ~pstandard) always clean and up to date automatically: if package A is no longer needed it should be removed automatically and if package B is new and with one of the 3 priority above it should be installed automatically. For the autoremove problem I found a solution: I put all ~prequired, ~pimportant, ~pstandard packages in "automatically installed" state and put "~prequired, ~pimportant, ~pstandard" in the APT::NeverAutoRemove directive of the apt.conf file. In this case every package that is repacked with a new priority not in the 3 above will be automatically removed unless there is a dependence on it. For the autoinstall problem I didn't face the situation yet but I don't know how I'll do. I also would like to have it working similarly for the tasks: for example if I have a task "Mail server" installed depending on Sendmail and that the new version of this task now depends on Postfix, I would like Sendmail to be automatically removed and Postfix to be automatically installed. The technique above doesn't work for the tasks. Do you have any idea? Is the technique I used bad and dirty? Thanks in advance. Geek87 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
