[solved] d-u wants to remove cinnamon

[lolli]

Hi,

yesterday i started a

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sudo apt-get -s -V dist-upgrade

and i get this:

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Die folgenden Pakete werden ENTFERNT:
   blueman (2.0-1)
   cinnamon (2.6.8-1)
   cinnamon-screensaver (2.6.3-1)
   gir1.2-webkit2-3.0 (2.4.9-1)
   libwebkit2gtk-3.0-25 (2.4.9-1)

After some research i found the reason:

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// from unstable
gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 (2.4.9-1 => 2.4.9-2)
libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 (2.4.9-1 => 2.4.9-2)

If i set this packages to hold with:

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sudo apt-mark [hold | unhold] <pkg>

cinnamon is not removed but these packages are held back:

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gir1.2-javascriptcoregtk-3.0 gir1.2-webkit-3.0 libjavascriptcoregtk-3.0-0 libwebkitgtk-3.0-0

Be careful with d-u!

regards

lolli

[musca]

Hello lolli,

the debian gnome team does only check its own dependencies when preparing changes.

  * Disable libwebkit2gtk-3.0 packages. They have no rdeps anymore
    and are superseded by src:webkit2gtk.

The debian cinnamon team is preparing a fixed cinnamon-screensaver, they must change from libwebkit2gtk-3.0-dev to libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev, it seems.

greetings
musca

[musca]

Hello,

we need to be patient. The current plan of the debian cinnamon team is:
"Let's wait for the migration of muffin, then we upload the new cinnamon."

Uploads need to be approved by the ftpmasters. Time goes by ...

greetings
musca

[musca]

Hello,

Users have reported RC-bugs against cinnamon, so the debian-cinnamon team took a shortcut and uploaded the needed package.

$ LC_MESSAGES=C apt-cache policy cinnamon-screensaver
cinnamon-screensaver:
  Installed: 2.6.4-1
  Candidate: 2.6.4-1
  Version table:
 *** 2.6.4-1 0
        500 http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

cinnamon uses cinnamon-screensaver in a non-optional way.
The session doesn't start at all when cinnamon-screensaver is not present.

greetings
musca