blog/data/2010-07-03-debian-upgrades.txt

   1 Title: Lenny->Squeeze upgrades, apt vs aptitude with the Gnome desktop
   2 Tags: english, debian, debian edu
   3 Date: 2010-07-03 23:55
   4
   5 <p>Here is a short update on my <a
   6 href="http://people.skolelinux.org/~pere/debian-upgrade-testing/">my
   7 Debian Lenny->Squeeze upgrade testing</a>.  Here is a summary of the
   8 difference for Gnome when it is upgraded by apt-get and aptitude.  I'm
   9 not reporting the status for KDE, because the upgrade crashes when
  10 aptitude try because of missing conflicts
  11 (<a href="http://bugs.debian.org/584861">#584861</a> and
  12 <a href="http://bugs.debian.org/585716">#585716</a>).</p>
  13
  14 <p>At the end of the upgrade test script, dpkg -l is executed to get a
  15 complete list of the installed packages.  Based on this I see these
  16 differences when I did a test run today.  As usual, I do not really
  17 know what the correct set of packages would be, but thought it best to
  18 publish the difference.</p>
  19
  20 <p>Installed using apt-get, missing with aptitude</p>
  21
  22 <blockquote><p>
  23   at-spi cpp-4.3 finger gnome-spell gstreamer0.10-gnomevfs
  24   libatspi1.0-0 libcupsys2 libeel2-data libgail-common libgdl-1-common
  25   libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomeprintui2.2-common libgnomevfs2-bin
  26   libgtksourceview-common libpt-1.10.10-plugins-alsa
  27   libpt-1.10.10-plugins-v4l libservlet2.4-java libxalan2-java
  28   libxerces2-java openoffice.org-writer2latex openssl-blacklist p7zip
  29   python-4suite-xml python-eggtrayicon python-gtkhtml2
  30   python-gtkmozembed svgalibg1 xserver-xephyr zip
  31 </p></blockquote>
  32
  33 <p>Installed using apt-get, removed with aptitude</p>
  34
  35 <blockquote><p>
  36   bluez-utils dhcdbd djvulibre-desktop epiphany-gecko
  37   gnome-app-install gnome-mount gnome-vfs-obexftp gnome-volume-manager
  38   libao2 libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 libavahi-core5 libbind9-50
  39   libbluetooth2 libcamel1.2-11 libcdio7 libcucul0 libcurl3
  40   libdirectfb-1.0-0 libdvdread3 libedata-cal1.2-6 libedataserver1.2-9
  41   libeel2-2.20 libepc-1.0-1 libepc-ui-1.0-1 libexchange-storage1.2-3
  42   libfaad0 libgd2-noxpm libgda3-3 libgda3-common libggz2 libggzcore9
  43   libggzmod4 libgksu1.2-0 libgksuui1.0-1 libgmyth0 libgnome-desktop-2
  44   libgnome-pilot2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0
  45   libgnomeprintui2.2-0 libgpod3 libgraphviz4 libgtkhtml2-0
  46   libgtksourceview1.0-0 libgucharmap6 libhesiod0 libicu38 libisccc50
  47   libisccfg50 libiw29 libkpathsea4 libltdl3 liblwres50 libmagick++10
  48   libmagick10 libmalaga7 libmtp7 libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-burn4
  49   libneon27 libnm-glib0 libnm-util0 libopal-2.2 libosp5
  50   libparted1.8-10 libpisock9 libpisync1 libpoppler-glib3 libpoppler3
  51   libpt-1.10.10 libraw1394-8 libsensors3 libsmbios2 libsoup2.2-8
  52   libssh2-1 libsuitesparse-3.1.0 libswfdec-0.6-90 libtalloc1
  53   libtotem-plparser10 libtrackerclient0 libvoikko1 libxalan2-java-gcj
  54   libxerces2-java-gcj libxklavier12 libxtrap6 libxxf86misc1 libzephyr3
  55   mysql-common swfdec-gnome totem-gstreamer wodim
  56 </p></blockquote>
  57
  58 <p>Installed using aptitude, missing with apt-get</p>
  59
  60 <blockquote><p>
  61   gnome gnome-desktop-environment hamster-applet python-gnomeapplet
  62   python-gnomekeyring python-wnck rhythmbox-plugins xorg
  63   xserver-xorg-input-all xserver-xorg-input-evdev
  64   xserver-xorg-input-kbd xserver-xorg-input-mouse
  65   xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-video-all
  66   xserver-xorg-video-apm xserver-xorg-video-ark xserver-xorg-video-ati
  67   xserver-xorg-video-chips xserver-xorg-video-cirrus
  68   xserver-xorg-video-dummy xserver-xorg-video-fbdev
  69   xserver-xorg-video-glint xserver-xorg-video-i128
  70   xserver-xorg-video-i740 xserver-xorg-video-mach64
  71   xserver-xorg-video-mga xserver-xorg-video-neomagic
  72   xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-nv
  73   xserver-xorg-video-r128 xserver-xorg-video-radeon
  74   xserver-xorg-video-radeonhd xserver-xorg-video-rendition
  75   xserver-xorg-video-s3 xserver-xorg-video-s3virge
  76   xserver-xorg-video-savage xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion
  77   xserver-xorg-video-sis xserver-xorg-video-sisusb
  78   xserver-xorg-video-tdfx xserver-xorg-video-tga
  79   xserver-xorg-video-trident xserver-xorg-video-tseng
  80   xserver-xorg-video-vesa xserver-xorg-video-vmware
  81   xserver-xorg-video-voodoo
  82 </p></blockquote>
  83
  84 <p>Installed using aptitude, removed with apt-get</p>
  85
  86 <blockquote><p>
  87   deskbar-applet xserver-xorg xserver-xorg-core
  88   xserver-xorg-input-wacom xserver-xorg-video-intel
  89   xserver-xorg-video-openchrome
  90 </p></blockquote>
  91
  92 <p>I was told on IRC that the xorg-xserver package was
  93 <a href="http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-xorg/xserver/xorg-server.git;a=commit;h=9c8080d06c457932d3bfec021c69ac000aa60120">changed
  94 in git</a> today to try to get apt-get to not remove xorg completely.
  95 No idea when it hits Squeeze, but when it does I hope it will reduce
  96 the difference somewhat.