Breezy -> Dapper - adept wants to remove 295 packages

[Art Alexion]

On Monday 01 May 2006 22:37, James Gray wrote:
> On Tue, 2 May 2006 09:39 am, Tim Penhey wrote:
> > Including:
> > 	adept
> > 	amarok
> > 	kdebase
> > 	kubuntu-desktop
> >
> > and many more...
> >
> > wtf?
>
> You'll find that they need to be removed because the dependency hierarchy
> has changed.  They should be reinstalled as part of the upgrade.  Also some
> of the package names may change meaning the old packages need to be removed
> and replace and not just "upgraded", even though effectively it's the same
> thing from the end-user's perspective.
>
> If you're worried, just make a list of the packages you need to (adept,
> amarok etc) and do the upgrade.  See if they reappear on the other side. 
> If not, install manually "apt-get install <package>" etc.

Is this also true with aptitude?  With regular update/upgrade?  I have tried 
aptitude a few times (I have been using apt-get exclusively; synaptic for 
searching), and when it told me all it wanted to remove -- like KDE!! -- I 
responded "no thanks" and exited.

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