On 2010-02-11 21:56:21 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > Am Donnerstag, den 11.02.2010, 18:12 +0100 schrieb Vincent Lefevre: > > # apt-get install -s serna > > Reading package lists... Done > > Building dependency tree > > Reading state information... Done > > The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer > > required: > > python-sip4 > > Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. > > The following extra packages will be installed: > > python-qt4 python-sip python-sip4 > > Suggested packages: > > python-qt4-dbg > > The following NEW packages will be installed: > > python-sip > > The following packages will be upgraded: > > python-qt4 python-sip4 serna > > 3 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 10 not upgraded. [...] > > Why proposing to autoremove python-sip4 while it needs to be upgraded? > > python-sip4 is a transitional package and serna depends on python-sip. > python-sip conflicts with python-sip4 (<< 4.10). So, in order to install > python-sip, python-sip4 needs to be upgraded first. But once this is > done, python-sip4 will no longer be required. So the behaviour seems to > be correct.
OK, I understand. I think the message "The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required" above is a bit unclear. It should be: "The following packages were automatically installed and will no longer be required", if this is really what is meant. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arénaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org