blog/data/2010-06-13-debian-upgrades.txt

   1 Title: Lenny->Squeeze upgrades, removals by apt and aptitude
   2 Tags: english, debian, debian edu
   3 Date: 2010-06-13 09:05
   4
   5 <p>My
   6 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/Automatic_upgrade_testing_from_Lenny_to_Squeeze.html">testing
   7 of Debian upgrades</a> from Lenny to Squeeze continues, and I've
   8 finally made the upgrade logs available from
   9 <a href="http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/debian-upgrade-testing/">http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/debian-upgrade-testing/</a>.
  10 I am now testing dist-upgrade of Gnome and KDE in a chroot using both
  11 apt and aptitude, and found their differences interesting.  This time
  12 I will only focus on their removal plans.</p>
  13
  14 <p>After installing a Gnome desktop and the laptop task, apt-get wants
  15 to remove 72 packages when dist-upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze.  The
  16 surprising part is that it want to remove xorg and all
  17 xserver-xorg-video* drivers.  Clearly not a good choice, but I am not
  18 sure why.  When asking aptitude to do the same, it want to remove 129
  19 packages, but most of them are library packages I suspect are no
  20 longer needed.  Both of them want to remove bluetooth packages, which
  21 I do not know.  Perhaps these bluetooth packages are obsolete?</p>
  22
  23 <p>For KDE, apt-get want to remove 82 packages, among them kdebase
  24 which seem like a bad idea and xorg the same way as with Gnome. Asking
  25 aptitude for the same, it wants to remove 192 packages, none which are
  26 too surprising.</p>
  27
  28 <p>I guess the removal of xorg during upgrades should be investigated
  29 and avoided, and perhaps others as well.  Here are the complete list
  30 of planned removals.  The complete logs is available from the URL
  31 above.  Note if you want to repeat these tests, that the upgrade test
  32 for kde+apt-get hung in the tasksel setup because of dpkg asking
  33 conffile questions.  No idea why.  I worked around it by using
  34 '<tt>echo >> /proc/<em>pidofdpkg</em>/fd/0</tt>' to tell dpkg to
  35 continue.</p>
  36
  37 <p><b>apt-get gnome 72</b>
  38 <br>bluez-gnome cupsddk-drivers deskbar-applet gnome
  39   gnome-desktop-environment gnome-network-admin gtkhtml3.14
  40   iceweasel-gnome-support libavcodec51 libdatrie0 libgdl-1-0
  41   libgnomekbd2 libgnomekbdui2 libmetacity0 libslab0 libxcb-xlib0
  42   nautilus-cd-burner python-gnome2-desktop python-gnome2-extras
  43   serpentine swfdec-mozilla update-manager xorg xserver-xorg
  44   xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  45   xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse
  46   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom
  47   xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
  48   xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
  49   xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix
  50   xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  51   xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128
  52   xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt
  53   xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64
  54   xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  55   xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv
  56   xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
  57   xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
  58   xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
  59   xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
  60   xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
  61   xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
  62   xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident
  63   xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l
  64   xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga
  65   xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xulrunner-1.9
  66   xulrunner-1.9-gnome-support</p>
  67
  68 <p><b>aptitude gnome 129</b>
  69
  70 <br>bluez-gnome bluez-utils cpp-4.3 cupsddk-drivers dhcdbd
  71   djvulibre-desktop finger gnome-app-install gnome-mount
  72   gnome-network-admin gnome-spell gnome-vfs-obexftp
  73   gnome-volume-manager gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs gtkhtml3.14 libao2
  74   libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5 libavcodec51 libbluetooth2
  75   libcamel1.2-11 libcdio7 libcucul0 libcupsys2 libcurl3 libdatrie0
  76   libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdvdread3 libedataserver1.2-9 libeel2-2.20
  77   libeel2-data libepc-1.0-1 libepc-ui-1.0-1 libfaad0 libgail-common
  78   libgd2-noxpm libgda3-3 libgda3-common libgdl-1-0 libgdl-1-common
  79   libggz2 libggzcore9 libggzmod4 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-1 libgmyth0
  80   libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomekbd2 libgnomekbdui2 libgnomeprint2.2-0
  81   libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgnomeprintui2.2-common
  82   libgnomevfs2-bin libgpod3 libgraphviz4 libgtkhtml2-0
  83   libgtksourceview-common libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgucharmap6
  84   libhesiod0 libicu38 libiw29 libkpathsea4 libltdl3 libmagick++10
  85   libmagick10 libmalaga7 libmetacity0 libmtp7 libmysqlclient15off
  86   libnautilus-burn4 libneon27 libnm-glib0 libnm-util0 libopal-2.2
  87   libosp5 libparted1.8-10 libpoppler-glib3 libpoppler3 libpt-1.10.10
  88   libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libraw1394-8
  89   libsensors3 libslab0 libsmbios2 libsoup2.2-8 libssh2-1
  90   libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libswfdec-0.6-90 libtalloc1 libtotem-plparser10
  91   libtrackerclient0 libxalan2-java libxalan2-java-gcj libxcb-xlib0
  92   libxerces2-java libxerces2-java-gcj libxklavier12 libxtrap6
  93   libxxf86misc1 libzephyr3 mysql-common nautilus-cd-burner
  94   openoffice.org-writer2latex openssl-blacklist p7zip
  95   python-4suite-xml python-eggtrayicon python-gnome2-desktop
  96   python-gnome2-extras python-gtkhtml2 python-gtkmozembed
  97   python-numeric python-sexy serpentine svgalibg1 swfdec-gnome
  98   swfdec-mozilla totem-gstreamer update-manager wodim
  99   xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-imstt
 100   xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vga
 101   zip</p>
 102
 103 <p><b>apt-get kde 82</b>
 104
 105 <br>cupsddk-drivers karm kaudiocreator kcoloredit kcontrol kde kde-core
 106   kdeaddons kdeartwork kdebase kdebase-bin kdebase-bin-kde3
 107   kdebase-kio-plugins kdesktop kdeutils khelpcenter kicker
 108   kicker-applets knewsticker kolourpaint konq-plugins konqueror korn
 109   kpersonalizer kscreensaver ksplash libavcodec51 libdatrie0 libkiten1
 110   libxcb-xlib0 quanta superkaramba texlive-base-bin xorg xserver-xorg
 111   xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
 112   xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse
 113   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom
 114   xserver-xorg-video-all xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark
 115   xserver-xorg-video-ati xserver-xorg-video-chips
 116   xserver-xorg-video-cirrus xserver-xorg-video-cyrix
 117   xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
 118   xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128
 119   xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-imstt
 120   xserver-xorg-video-intel xserver-xorg-video-mach64
 121   xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
 122   xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-nv
 123   xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-r128
 124   xserver-xorg-video-radeon xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd
 125   xserver-xorg-video-rendition xserver-xorg-video-s3
 126   xserver-xorg-video-s3virge xserver-xorg-video-savage
 127   xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion xserver-xorg-video-sis
 128   xserver-xorg-video-sisusb xserver-xorg-video-tdfx
 129   xserver-xorg-video-tga xserver-xorg-video-trident
 130   xserver-xorg-video-tseng xserver-xorg-video-v4l
 131   xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vga
 132   xserver-xorg-video-vmware xserver-xorg-video-voodoo xulrunner-1.9</p>
 133
 134 <p><b>aptitude kde 192</b>
 135 <br>bluez-utils cpp-4.3 cupsddk-drivers cvs dcoprss dhcdbd
 136   djvulibre-desktop dosfstools eyesapplet fifteenapplet finger gettext
 137   ghostscript-x imlib-base imlib11 indi kandy karm kasteroids
 138   kaudiocreator kbackgammon kbstate kcoloredit kcontrol kcron kdat
 139   kdeadmin-kfile-plugins kdeartwork-misc kdeartwork-theme-window
 140   kdebase-bin-kde3 kdebase-kio-plugins kdeedu-data
 141   kdegraphics-kfile-plugins kdelirc kdemultimedia-kappfinder-data
 142   kdemultimedia-kfile-plugins kdenetwork-kfile-plugins
 143   kdepim-kfile-plugins kdepim-kio-plugins kdeprint kdesktop kdessh
 144   kdict kdnssd kdvi kedit keduca kenolaba kfax kfaxview kfouleggs
 145   kghostview khelpcenter khexedit kiconedit kitchensync klatin
 146   klickety kmailcvt kmenuedit kmid kmilo kmoon kmrml kodo kolourpaint
 147   kooka korn kpager kpdf kpercentage kpf kpilot kpoker kpovmodeler
 148   krec kregexpeditor ksayit ksim ksirc ksirtet ksmiletris ksmserver
 149   ksnake ksokoban ksplash ksvg ksysv ktip ktnef kuickshow kverbos
 150   kview kviewshell kvoctrain kwifimanager kwin kwin4 kworldclock
 151   kxsldbg libakode2 libao2 libarts1-akode libarts1-audiofile
 152   libarts1-mpeglib libarts1-xine libavahi-compat-libdnssd1
 153   libavahi-core5 libavc1394-0 libavcodec51 libbluetooth2
 154   libboost-python1.34.1 libcucul0 libcurl3 libcvsservice0 libdatrie0
 155   libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdjvulibre21 libdvdread3 libfaad0 libfreebob0
 156   libgail-common libgd2-noxpm libgraphviz4 libgsmme1c2a libgtkhtml2-0
 157   libicu38 libiec61883-0 libindex0 libiw29 libk3b3 libkcal2b libkcddb1
 158   libkdeedu3 libkdepim1a libkgantt0 libkiten1 libkleopatra1 libkmime2
 159   libkpathsea4 libkpimexchange1 libkpimidentities1 libkscan1
 160   libksieve0 libktnef1 liblockdev1 libltdl3 libmagick10 libmimelib1c2a
 161   libmozjs1d libmpcdec3 libneon27 libnm-util0 libopensync0 libpisock9
 162   libpoppler-glib3 libpoppler-qt2 libpoppler3 libraw1394-8 libsmbios2
 163   libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libtalloc1 libtiff-tools
 164   libxalan2-java libxalan2-java-gcj libxcb-xlib0 libxerces2-java
 165   libxerces2-java-gcj libxtrap6 mpeglib networkstatus
 166   openoffice.org-writer2latex pmount poster psutils quanta quanta-data
 167   superkaramba svgalibg1 tex-common texlive-base texlive-base-bin
 168   texlive-common texlive-doc-base texlive-fonts-recommended
 169   xserver-xorg-video-cyrix xserver-xorg-video-imstt
 170   xserver-xorg-video-nsc xserver-xorg-video-v4l xserver-xorg-video-vga
 171   xulrunner-1.9</p>
 172