On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 10:34, Bill Allombert <bill.allomb...@math.u-bordeaux1.fr> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 09:35:55PM +0100, David Kalnischkies wrote: [… snip …] >> apt-squeeze recently (see #591882) got a third option: >> c) try installing another or-group member >> >> Note that while c) seems to be the "captain obvious" solution it introduces >> a big problem: a) and b) reduce the number of broken packages, >> but c) can add a lot more which could (real-world will tell if really) >> work against the current resolver determinism… > > Probably option c) should be removed. This makes upgrade process much less > predictable. > An secondary issue with option c) is that this can lead apt to upgrade free > packages with non-free packages, if non-free packages are listed as > alternative.
Only if the free package is uninstallable in squeeze, but in this case a new installation has the same result. APT will try to fix the free package before it tries to fix the packages depending on the free one, so the non-free option is still only the fallback. Or could you provide a case in which it behaves differently? Best regards David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
