Re: finding apt dependencies

John Hasler <[email protected]> Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:08:17 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.user
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*.