[Linux-disciples] Telling apt-get not to keep packages back

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> The following package will be REMOVED:
> 	libfoo0
> The following NEW package will be installed:
> 	libfoo1
[...]
> I'll file a wishlist bug on that just as soon as someone
> tells me that I'm not a fool for thinking it.

I think it's probably required by policy. Major lib version changes can
break a lot of stuff. E.g., libc5->libc6. What you really want is
something that can figure out whether or not it's an important library,
which the system isn't really set up to do.

Usually there's a good reason why we have a totally new package rather
than a new major version of an old package, and it's best not to tinker
with the machinery of death.
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