Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: wishlist Hi,
using testing (or unstable) tree of Debian I often run into a problem upgrading my system with apt-get. I'd like to upgrade all my installed packages even if they have changed dependencies and require the installation of additional packages. But I don't want apt-get to remove any of my installed packages. Using apt-get upgrade I cannot upgrade packages which requires installation of new packages at all. Using apt-get dist-upgrade I can upgrade those packages too but I can't prevent the upgrade of packages which would result in a removal of other packages at the same time. I only can choose between allowing both installation AND removal of packages or none of them. I can't say allow installation but disallow removal of packages. So I'm forced to use apt-get update first and than to check every kept back package manually with apt-get install if it requires the removal of other packages or not. It would be nice to have an option allowing apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade all packages requiring installation of additional packages but not to upgrade packages resulting in a removal of other packages. Somewhat like -i / --install-only plus an appropriate config item. Regards Uwe -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux p3 2.4.21 #1 Sun Jun 15 03:15:21 CEST 2003 i686 Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.1-16 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-17 The GNU stdc++ library -- no debconf information
