On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 07:35:27AM -0600, Qi Qi wrote: > Hi there, > > I have been using debian unstable. After debian 6.0 released, aptitude > upgrading asks me to remove gnome, gnome-core, and > gnome-desktop-enviroment,etc. Is it saying that I have to remove those > and reinstall them back, or removing gnome can be avoided. > > I tried different resolutions provided in aptitude for dependency conflicts. > But > it seems all of the proposals asks for gnome removal. Is it normal > during the transition of debian upgrading time? >
The "etc." part is extremely unspecific. Does "etc." another meta-package or a long list of real packages? You can mark the proposed removals for "keep" in aptitude. But I recently read that meta-packages are inconsequential in removals. (Make sure aptitude is set to display intended actions first.) Or you can *not* risk your entire system and upgrade the right and recommended way according to release notes. http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/releasenotes The recommended way involves an upgrade, a kernel install, a udev install and a dis-upgrade udder apt-get. -- Regards, Freeman "Microsoft is not the answer. Microsoft is the question. NO (or Linux) is the answer." --Somebody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110216035010.GA5059@Europa.office
