Synaptic issues

[Pizbit]

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> today while still using synaptic 0.55-1ubuntu3,
> "preselect updates" did not alert me to the fact
> that ubuntu desktop should be updated but would not
> be selected because there is a conflict with my libfam0c102.
> when i tried to remove that, there was a list
> of other parts that would have to be removed
> (gamin, wvdial etc).
> why were these parts not listed in the list
> of parts to remove when installing ubuntu-desktop ?
> shouldn't the verification be recursive ?
> 
If it was recursive you'd wind up with nothing installed(or near too
it, assuming you just ignored the big WARNINGS that would be there and
hit y :D )
ubuntu-desktop depends on what is needed for the normal install, but
nothing actually depends on it.

This is a little grey to be but I imagine that a newer version simply
relies or newer versions of the packages it depends on but since these
would be updated anyway you should be able to safetly remove it and
upgrade peacefully.

> is it better to update ubuntu-desktop or not ?
> does it have something to do with the eggdesktop problems ?
> 
> kind regards     philippe
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