[Aptitude-devel] Bug#893082: Bug#893082: Bug#893082: Recommended packages not installed with safe-upgrade

[Axel Beckert]

Hi Laurent,

Laurent Bigonville wrote:
> > > When doing aptitude safe-upgrade, the recommended package are not
> > > installed
> > Interesting point. I'd say this is on purpose. "safe-upgrade" is said
> > to not update any packages which pull in additional packages.
> 
> Is that really the case?
> 
> I'm pretty sure that safe-upgrade is updating packages that pull new
> dependencies

Ah, you're right, I mixed it up with "apt-get upgrade". "aptitude
safe-upgrade" pulls in new packages (unless "--no-new-installs" is
given on the commandline), but does not upgrade packages which would
require package removals.

So this indeed makes things easier and looks like a bug.

> > Hrm, I'd say, at least with an explizit --with-recommends it should at
> > least _not_ upgrade packages with new Recommends to stay consistent.

This should happen if --with-recommends and --no-new-installs are both
given on the commandline.

		Regards, Axel
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