On 2023-05-15 15:09:24 +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > On Mon, May 15, 2023 at 04:38:29PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > Wrong. It got installed automatically. I suppose that this is because > > this was like that in the past, when I installed the machine in 2015, > > thus before stretch was out. > > If you mean that it got installed automatically in an older install, > before the package was made optional, and then never removed, this > would make sense as things don't get removed on upgrades unless > there is a conflict. You even retain packages that are no longer in > Debian.
No, aptitude removes automatically installed packages for which there are no longer any dependencies. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
