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Re: New packages automatically installed?

dummy@example.com (pcalvert) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 17:55:10 +0000

An idea just came to me, so I went ahead and tried it:

$ aptitude why libc++1-16
i   atril                Depends libatrilview3 (= 1.24.0-1+deb11u1)
i A libatrilview3        Depends libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.5.3)   
p A libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Depends libc++1-16 (>= 1:16.0.6)          

$ aptitude why libc++abi1-16
i   atril                Depends libatrilview3 (= 1.24.0-1+deb11u1)
i A libatrilview3        Depends libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.5.3)   
p A libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Depends libc++abi1-16 (>= 1:16.0.6)       

$ aptitude why libunwind-16
i   atril                Depends libatrilview3 (= 1.24.0-1+deb11u1)
i A libatrilview3        Depends libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.5.3)   
p A libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 Depends libunwind-16 (>= 1:16.0.6)

So, apparently the new packages are dependencies of libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37. That's a new one for me. I did not know that packages could suddenly acquire new dependencies. Perhaps this is just one of the oddities that can show up when one is running oldstable.

Re: New packages automatically installed?

dummy@example.com (ralph.ronnquist) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:55:19 +0000

Apparently your system has older versions those packages, and your command asks for upgrading anything upgradable. You might try

$ apt-cache policy libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37

to get more information before accepting... or maybe that's too late now?

Re: New packages automatically installed?

dummy@example.com (pcalvert) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:07:53 +0000

golinux wrote:

Are you trying to update Chimaera or upgrade to Daedalus?

Update Chimaera (i.e., normal, regular maintenance).

Re: New packages automatically installed?

dummy@example.com (golinux) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:41:16 +0000

Are you trying to update Chimaera or upgrade to Daedalus? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding something . . . wouldn't be the first time.

New packages automatically installed?

dummy@example.com (pcalvert) — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 21:31:24 +0000

Today I ran apt upgrade on a Chimaera system that I am still using and this was the output:

# apt upgrade
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libc++1-16 libc++abi1-16 libunwind-16
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
2 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 25.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 768 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]

Notice that apt wants to install new packages. I've seen this before, and it always struck me as being a bit unusual. I thought that automatic installation of new packages is only supposed to occur if one is using testing or unstable. Does anyone have an explanation for why this is happening?