I have a couple of questions someone may be able to answer for me. I am using Debian sid (unstable) and do regular upgrades several times a week, and some terms appear that I do not understand during that process. 1. Early in the "apt-get upgrade" process, it sometimes shows me packages that are "kept back" and are therefore not upgraded. Why are these kept back? I did not explicitly ask for them to be kept back. 2. Maybe this only occurs when installing a new package rather than during upgrades, but sometimes when doing an "apt-get install" for a package, it first shows me "extra packages" that will be installed. That one I understand. But then it may show me "Suggested packages" and Recommended packages" which I might consider also installing. What are these last two? suggested and recommended? For a while I followed up each install with additional installs of both the suggested and recommended packages, which of course led to other suggested and recommended packages, and I am sure I could easily have done without most of that stuff. Which are more important, the suggested list or the recommended list? These seem to be policy questions which I have not found discussed in the docs I have read. Advice appreciated, including advice about what FM's to R. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (68% of Full) But you can still get downloads from http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh
