** Description changed: - Binary package hint: update-manager - Whenever I do a dist-upgrade (smart upgrade from the update-manager) I frequently have unsupported packages installed that conflict with new ubuntu packages that are supposed to replace them. This causes the upgrade to stop. Then I have to manually do a 'dpkg --remove' to remove the old non-ubuntu package, then 'apt-get -f install', then start again with dist-upgrade. This happened to me several times when upgrading from dapper to gutsy. It made the upgrade process significantly longer any more annoying than it should have been. I would like an option in the update-manage to have it do this automatically for me - i.e., remove any unsupported packages that conflict with new, supported packages that it is trying to install. + + <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReleaseUpgrades#ready>: "If any manually- + installed software will conflict: “This software conflicts and must be + removed:”. The listbox should use the application’s icon and title if it + is one, otherwise the generic package icon and the package name..."
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