On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 07:14:21AM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > This morning as usual I ran 'dselect update' and then > 'apt-get -s upgrade'. There were 22 packages to be upgraded, including > XFree86. I decided to do it in steps so I did: > > 'apt-get install logtail logcheck-database logcheck ssh alien libdps1 > libpam-doc netris sudo phpmyadmin' > > When apt-listchanges ran I got info about the new XFree86 even though > I didn't ask for it to be updated yet. There were no ftp lines for > XFree86. > > I think I've noticed this happening before but didn't pay much > attention. What's going on?
AIUI, apt-listchanges works by source package rather than binary package. libdps1 is the Display PostScript library, a part of XFree86, so apt-listchanges will tell you about it. It is kind of surprising the first time you see it, but there is a reason for it. -rob
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