[issue192] smart downloads packages it is going to remove

linux_learner linux.learner at gmail.com
Wed Oct 10 23:36:38 PDT 2007


Then do smart --explain. The explain option will tell you why smart is
acting the way it is.

On 10/10/07, Jon Nelson <jnelson-smart at jamponi.net> wrote:
>
> I shall try an alternate approach. Not 'X' as in 'xorg' but 'X' as in 'X
> and Y and Z'.. variables.
>
> Me: remove kernel-source
> Smart: OK
> Me: upgrade
> Smart: OK. I see that you have kernel-source and kernel-default installed
> and there are updates available for them.
>
> If I were to proceed, smart would download lots of stuff I don't want
> (kernel-source), install both packages, remove the old kernel-source
> package, and then remove the new kernel-source package, too.  How wasteful!
>
> What I am saying is that smart shouldn't consider packages you have asked
> it to remove as candidates for upgrade (except as dependencies, presumably).
>
>
> --
> Jon
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