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[Ian Santopietro <isantop@xxxxxxxxx>]

> 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?

Yes, but in the rapid update cycle present in pre-release software,
this system sometimes doesn't work according to plan. It's best to
update the entire system at once.

On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 10:52, Evan Huus <eapache@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
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