Why does "apt-get dist-upgrade" prefer removing x-window-system-core to upgrading it?
ay:~> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -s Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Calculating Upgrade... Done The following packages will be REMOVED: x-window-system-core xlibmesa3 xlibmesa3-gl The following NEW packages will be installed: xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl The following packages have been kept back: inn2 inn2-inews xserver-common xserver-xfree86 The following packages will be upgraded: libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-all pciutils 3 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 3 to remove and 4 not upgraded. Remv x-window-system-core (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Remv xlibmesa3 (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Remv xlibmesa3-gl (4.2.1-12.1 ) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst libsdl1.2debian [1.2.7-1] (1.2.7-5 Debian:testing) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst libsdl1.2debian-all [1.2.7-1] (1.2.7-5 Debian:testing) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst pciutils [1:2.1.11-7] (1:2.1.11-8 Debian:testing) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Inst xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf libsdl1.2debian-all (1.2.7-5 Debian:testing) Conf libsdl1.2debian (1.2.7-5 Debian:testing) Conf pciutils (1:2.1.11-8 Debian:testing) Conf xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) But... ay:~> sudo apt-get install x-window-system-core -s Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu Suggested packages: libglide3 The following packages will be REMOVED: xlibmesa3 xlibmesa3-gl xlibmesa3-glu The following NEW packages will be installed: xlibmesa-dri xlibmesa-gl xlibmesa-glu The following packages will be upgraded: x-window-system-core 1 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 3 to remove and 7 not upgraded. Remv xlibmesa3 (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Inst x-window-system-core [4.2.1-12.1] (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) [] Remv xlibmesa3-gl (4.2.1-12.1 ) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) [] Inst xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) [] Remv xlibmesa3-glu (4.2.1-12.1 ) [libqt3c102-mt xbase-clients libwxgtk2.4 pdl pointless libqt3c102-mt-mysql armagetron ] Inst xlibmesa-glu (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf xlibmesa-gl (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf xlibmesa-dri (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf xlibmesa-glu (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) Conf x-window-system-core (4.3.0-7 Debian:testing) -- Vincent Lefèvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% validated (X)HTML - Acorn / RISC OS / ARM, free software, YP17, Championnat International des Jeux Mathématiques et Logiques, etc. Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / SPACES project at LORIA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]