Re: finding apt dependencies
John Hasler <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:08:17 -0500
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.debian.user |
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| Organization | Dancing Horse Hill |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Andy Smith wrote: > I am not sure what would happen if you told apt to upgrade only foo, and > the incoming foo package had a versioned dependency on an upgraded bar > package but you had not allowed the upgrade of any other package. Then nothing will happen, obviously. Apt will refuse to install a package if it cannot satisfy the dependencies. Handling dependencies is what Apt is *for*.