On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:24:35 +0100 "PaweB Tcza" <pte...@uw.edu.pl> wrote: >Scott Kitterman pisze: >> On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:10:35 +0100 "PaweB Tcza" <pte...@uw.edu.pl> wrote: >>>Scott Kitterman pisze: >>>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008 21:00:40 +0000 b...@bc-bd.org wrote: >>>>>... >>>>>Simply removing the package may be a bad idea, as people who are using >>>>>revelation will then no longer be able to access their password lists. >>>>>... >>>> >>>> Removing the package from the archive won't remove it from installed >>>> systems. >>> >>>Hi Scott, >>> >>>It's true, but probably not all true :) For example, what about release >>>upgrade? I remember that when I run `do-release-upgrade` command for >>>Ubuntu then I can only agree or disagree to remove *all* packages >>>removed from Ubuntu. I don't know how to save only one package I still >>>need, for example revelation. >> >> Even there it only removes packages where there is a conflict, not just >> because it's out of the archive. > >Thanks for the explanation! I didn't know about it.
You're welcome. I should mention that the above is the rule. The Ubuntu update-manager carries a lot of special cases to smooth upgrades and so it may, in fact, have special case code to remove certain packages. I don't think you need to worry about that for your case. This folow-up is just for completenes. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-python-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
