Update "Recommends"
Colin Law
clanlaw at gmail.com
Mon Dec 11 16:32:59 UTC 2023
On Mon, 11 Dec 2023 at 16:05, Keith <keithw at caramail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm the opposite. I usually just use upgrade because it's more
> conservative as it only installs new packages when needed, but doesn't
> remove any. I've been bitten in the past by an overzealous psychotic
> package manager (aptitude) that removed over half of the installed
> packages on my system one time because I didn't fully appreciate the
> consequences of the solution it offered when I wanted remove a gnome
> application I didn't use. Of course, aptitude is not apt, but I'm still
> wary of letting the package manager remove a package without me first
> reviewing the change.
It won't do anything without asking you whichever command you use,
assuming you are not using -y.
Colin
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