Urs Thuermann <[email protected]> writes: > I see that some new versions of packages are installed without the old > versions being removed, although they are marked as automatically > installed, e.g. Linux kernel, clang, llvm, and some others. For > example > > # aptitude search "~i clang" > i clang - C, C++ and Objective-C compiler (LLVM based) > i A clang-3.5 - C, C++ and Objective-C compiler (LLVM based) > i A libclang-common-3.5-dev - clang library - Common development package > i A libclang1-3.5 - C interface to the clang library
That shows the ‘clang’ package is *not* marked auto-installed. That is, the APT database shows it was manually requested, and so will never be auto-removed. -- \ “… a voice said reassuringly: cheer up, things could get worse. | `\ So I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse.” —James C. | _o__) Hagerty, 1909–1981 | Ben Finney
