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

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Ordinarily the names are close enough that you can look at
> both and realize that the one obsoletes the other. But if
> you don't look closely, or if the package names aren't all
> that close, this can look very frightening -- even though
> it's not really doing anything major. Wouldn't it be better
> if the UI said, "The package libfoo0 is now obsolete, and
> has been replaced by libfoo1"?

By the way, I don't think you'll get such a frightening question with
aptitude. You'll just see what it's going to do, before it does it.
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