From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from 24-148-111-2.ip.mhcable.com ([24.148.111.2] helo=smtp.mhcable.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Dj2ZQ-0000iG-00 for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:44 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AA31E720B for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from smtp.mhcable.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.16) id 24442-023FE6BB; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:37 -0400 Received: from hhs48.com (24-105-197-112.cm.mhcable.com [24.105.197.112]) by smtp.mhcable.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41E34E720B for ; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:37 -0400 (EDT) Received: from chuckh (helo=localhost) by hhs48.com with local-esmtp (Exim 4.51) id 1Dj2ZP-0001DZ-E7 for speakup@speech.braille.uwo.ca; Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 18:10:43 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Hallenbeck To: Speakup Distribution List Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.16; VAE: 6.28.0.18; VDF: 6.28.0.106; host: smtp.mhcable.com) Subject: routine debian upgrades, a few questions X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:10:44 -0000 I have a couple of questions someone may be able to answer for me. I am using Debian sid (unstable) and do regular upgrades several times a week, and some terms appear that I do not understand during that process. 1. Early in the "apt-get upgrade" process, it sometimes shows me packages that are "kept back" and are therefore not upgraded. Why are these kept back? I did not explicitly ask for them to be kept back. 2. Maybe this only occurs when installing a new package rather than during upgrades, but sometimes when doing an "apt-get install" for a package, it first shows me "extra packages" that will be installed. That one I understand. But then it may show me "Suggested packages" and Recommended packages" which I might consider also installing. What are these last two? suggested and recommended? For a while I followed up each install with additional installs of both the suggested and recommended packages, which of course led to other suggested and recommended packages, and I am sure I could easily have done without most of that stuff. Which are more important, the suggested list or the recommended list? These seem to be policy questions which I have not found discussed in the docs I have read. Advice appreciated, including advice about what FM's to R. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (68% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh