Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages

From	Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
Date	2016-10-13 01:50 +0200
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On 13/10/16 12:09, Lisi Reisz wrote:
> I don't use Sid, so haven't tested out which package managers are good for it
> when there are problems, but how about looking at apt or apt-get?  Ben says
> that he has great success with apt-get.  Apt-get is much less aggressive than
> aptitude - but less fully featured.

"apt-get dist-upgrade" can be very aggressive and should be used with 
caution. In my view, the key skill for users is to recognise when an 
upgrade is likely to have unwanted effects. This requires caution and 
experience. Users who proceed with upgrades without considering the 
possible effects will have unpleasant experiences. A small amount of 
effort to investigate unusual removals or upgrades, such as identifying 
a package or looking in changelogs, will go a long way to improving user 
experience.

Kind regards,

-- 
Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <http://transient.nz/>
New Zealand

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WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 15:30 +0200
  Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-09-24 15:50 +0200
    Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 17:40 +0200
      Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-24 20:20 +0200
      Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Seeker <seeker5528@comcast.net> - 2016-09-24 21:20 +0200
      Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2016-09-30 09:20 +0200
    Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-28 17:10 +0200
      Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-28 17:50 +0200
        Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-28 20:00 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-09-28 20:40 +0200
            Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 11:10 +0200
              Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-09-29 11:20 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 13:30 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 13:50 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-09-28 20:40 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-09-28 21:40 +0200
            Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 11:10 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-28 22:00 +0200
            Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-09-28 22:30 +0200
              Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2016-09-28 23:10 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Don Armstrong <don@debian.org> - 2016-09-28 23:50 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-09-29 11:20 +0200
            Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 11:20 +0200
        Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2016-09-28 22:00 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-28 22:30 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2016-09-28 23:10 +0200
            Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 11:00 +0200
              Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-29 14:20 +0200
              Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-09-30 01:10 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-09-30 11:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-09-30 15:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-10-04 09:10 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-10-04 11:50 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 00:00 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2016-10-05 21:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 15:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-09-30 16:30 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-03 16:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> - 2016-09-30 21:10 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-10-01 20:00 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-10-04 09:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-10-04 09:30 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-10-04 16:20 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages claude juif <claude.juif@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 07:40 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-05 00:00 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-10-07 16:50 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-10-07 22:30 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-13 01:10 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-10-13 01:50 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-12-07 16:10 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-12-08 00:50 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-12-16 12:50 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-12-16 19:10 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-12-19 12:40 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-12-19 20:00 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2016-12-20 01:40 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-12-21 20:00 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-12-21 21:20 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-12-16 20:00 +0100
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages claude juif <claude.juif@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 07:30 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:00 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages claude juif <claude.juif@gmail.com> - 2016-10-09 18:30 +0200
                Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual.  Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 01:50 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re:  WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2016-10-10 03:20 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re:  WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-10 10:10 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:20 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 13:20 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re:  WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-10-10 20:10 +0200
                Re: Unsubscribing in order to killfile one individual. Was: Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-10-10 23:40 +0200
              Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-30 17:20 +0200
                Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2016-09-30 20:10 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com> - 2016-10-01 10:30 +0200
  Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-09-24 15:50 +0200
    Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 18:00 +0200
    Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 18:20 +0200
      Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Christian Seiler <christian@iwakd.de> - 2016-09-24 18:40 +0200
        Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@galactic.demon.co.uk> - 2016-09-24 20:30 +0200
          Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-24 20:40 +0200
  Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2016-09-24 19:00 +0200
    Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-09-24 20:20 +0200
  Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable  packages Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz> - 2016-09-24 23:40 +0200

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