> If a minimal system with gnupg is upgraded to trixie it is likely to pull in > an > unwanted MTA because of changed dependencies. Such users may find it helpful > for a hint in the release notes to remove gpg-wks-server on upgrade, such as > with: > > apt full-upgrade gpg-wks-server-
I was going to say that this shouldnt be needed as gpg-wks-server would be automatically installed and so will be removed. Apparently apt does not quite figure this out when following the recipe in the release-notes: # in a minimal bookworm apt install gnupg # gpg-wks-server is automatically installed. no mta is installed # section 4.4.5 of the release-notes says to first do: apt update apt upgrade --without-new-pkgs # gnupg is one of several packages held back # 4.4.6 says to do: apt full-upgrade # gnupg is upgraded, gpg-wks-server is not removed, it is listed in "The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required". # exim is installed! # 4.5 is about errors. not relevant # 4.6 is inexplicably asking people to check a kernel meta-package is installed -- this should be moved much earlier, in "preparing for the upgrade" really Neither 4.7 nor 4.8 say to run "apt autopurge" to remove automatically installed packages that are not needed. If i now do "apt autopurge" both gpg-wks-server and exim are removed, along with several other things (some of which are in the "apt list '~o'" recommended in 4.8) So: all that is missing is to add a reference to apt autopurge in 4.8? (NB: if you ignore the release-notes and use aptitude it figures out that gpg-wks-server can be removed and doesnt install the mta. doing "apt dist-upgrade" seems to be the same as the release-notes version)
