Hi there, On Wed, 22 Feb 2017 13:16:27 +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 01:06:24PM +1300, martin f krafft wrote: > > What am I not understanding right here? Shouldn't "apt-get upgrade" > > NEVER EVER EVER EVER remove something? [...] > Fun fact: We have a few reports which request "upgrade" to remove > packages. You know, automatically installed packages, obsolete ones or > obviously clear upgrades like exim4 to postfix (or the other way around, > depending on who reports it). I tend to be against that, but in case of > need we could still consider that a feature and close bugs… win-win :P
Please do not change the current behavior because... > Oh, and of course the standard reply: You know, apt does print > a proposal not an EULA – so you don't have to press 'yes' without > reading. ...it will break existing practices, e.g.: DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -y FYI, I would call it a regression. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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