On Sun, Jun 10, 2007 at 08:51:39AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 06/10/07 08:23, Rick Pasotto wrote:
> >Currently 'apt-get upgrade' wants to upgrade 289 packages. Rather
> >than do them all at once, I like to do smaller groups packages.
>
> It will save you time by running "# apt-get -d -y upgrade" while you
> go eat breakfast. Once all the packages are downloaded, run "#apt-get
> upgrade" interactively.
The -d option is a good idea but my main question still has not been
answered. What wants to *remove* gcc and why?
Also, what does it mean to run "apt-get upgrade" *interactively*?
> >Right now it seems that for every package I try to upgrade, apt-get
> >wants to REMOVE gcc yet upgrading all the packages at once does not.
> >I don't understand. Why should upgrading python, for example, result
> >in apt-get wanting to remove gcc?
> >
> >How can I find the package(s) that, once upgraded, will allow the
> >upgrading of the others *without* trying to remove gcc? None of the
> >files that gcc depends on are in the upgrade list.
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