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

From Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Newsgroups linux.debian.user
Subject Re: WARNING! New Perl/Perl-base upgrade removes 141 Sid/Unstable packages
Date 2016-09-28 23:10 +0200
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Andre Majorel <aym-naibed@teaser.fr> wrote:
> On 2016-09-28 10:46 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
>> Vincent Lefevre writes:

>>> Things like that should not happen. But this is not a bug in the
>>> perl packages. This is a misfeature of apt / aptitude, which want to
>>> remove packages instead of holding the new packages (well, AFAIK,
>>> aptitude has improved, but is still not perfect).

>> Aptitude can't read your mind.  When you tell it to install something
>> it assumes that you mean what you say and proposes solutions to any
>> conflicts based on various heuristics.

> When there's some kind of conflict during a package installation or
> upgrade, the first solutions proposed by aptitude almost invariably
> involve large numbers of package removals. 

There is an option to tune the resolver. I have got the following in my
/etc/apt/apt.conf:

,----
| // tweak Aptitude to not suggest removals as first option
| Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "removals";
`----

S°

-- 
Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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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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