On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0700, NewDeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get > the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying > to understand the difference between the NEW packages and the Extra > packages. Why are they being called out separately ? Even if some packages > are "Extra", are they newly installed too ?
Ah, ok. This is apt-get that's printing this, not dpkg. > apt-get --download-only install tomcat5 You asked to install tomcat5. > The following extra packages will be installed: These are all the packages apt wants to install that are not tomcat5. > The following NEW packages will be installed: These are all the packages that apt will install. (the final, complete list) It includes tomcat5 and all the extra packages. Please don't ask me *why* apt-get behaves this way; it just always has. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
