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[Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 12:15 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 06/03/12 16:42, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>
>> I would like Update Manager to have an option to check all
>> updates/uncheck all updates. I had a problem with a Network Manager update
>> recently, reinstalled Precise, and now, with 419 updates available, I just
>> want to update Chromium and Firefox, and it is extremely hard to do so
>> without unchecking ALL other updates. That would take a while. Thanks!
>>
>
> That's typical only in the beta period, when updates are fast and furious.
> The updated Chromium and Firefox may well break if you don't have many of
> the other packages they were built against.
>

Slightly tangential now, since the original question seems to have been
answered, but isn't that what Depends are for? It shouldn't be possible,
from an architectural point of view, to upgrade any package without pulling
along all the packages that it absolutely requires to run properly?

Evan