DU of this morning results in the following output:
[08:44:39] root@thinkpad-s540:/home/jorg# apt-get dist-upgrade -dV
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Calculating upgrade... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
libgnutls28 (3.2.15-1)
libhogweed2 (2.7.1-5)
libnettle4 (2.7.1-5)
The following NEW packages will be installed:
libgtop-2.0-10 (2.30.0-3)
The following packages will be upgraded:
cpp-4.8 (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
g++-4.8 (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
gcc-4.8 (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
gcc-4.8-base (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
gcc-5-base (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libasan0 (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
libatomic1 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libboost-filesystem1.54.0 (1.54.0-5+b1 => 1.54.0+dfsg-6)
libboost-iostreams1.54.0 (1.54.0-5+b1 => 1.54.0+dfsg-6)
libboost-program-options1.54.0 (1.54.0-5+b1 => 1.54.0+dfsg-6)
libboost-serialization1.54.0 (1.54.0-5+b1 => 1.54.0+dfsg-6)
libboost-system1.54.0 (1.54.0-5+b1 => 1.54.0+dfsg-6)
libcilkrts5 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libegl1-mesa (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgbm1 (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgcc-4.8-dev (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
libgcc1 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libgfortran3 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libgksu2-0 (2.0.13~pre1-8 => 2.0.13~pre1-8+b1)
libgl1-mesa-dri (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgl1-mesa-glx (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libglapi-mesa (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgles1-mesa (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgles2-mesa (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libgnutls-deb0-28 (3.3.15-6 => 3.3.15-7)
libgnutls-openssl27 (3.3.15-6 => 3.3.15-7)
libgomp1 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libitm1 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
liblsan0 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libquadmath0 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libseccomp2 (2.2.1-1 => 2.2.1-2)
libstdc++-4.8-dev (4.8.4-2 => 4.8.4-3)
libstdc++6 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libtsan0 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libubsan0 (5.1.1-10 => 5.1.1-11)
libwayland-egl1-mesa (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
libxatracker2 (10.5.5-1 => 10.5.7-1)
tzdata (2015d-1 => 2015e-1)
38 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 35.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 66.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.
I decided to wait a few days until nothing will be removed. Or is that not necessary?
Greetings,
Jörg
I let them go, it's part of the "nettle" package (a low-level cryptographic library)
http://www.lysator.liu.se/~nisse/nettle/
I believe anyone using multiarch will see this
You can wait longer, let it go, or wait on some more knowledgeable people to chime in
I am not more knowledgeable, but everything ok after du.
@Jörg,
In general one can assume that the dependencies in sid are OK (unlike in experimental).
Thus if apt-get proposes to delete a library (*) you normally never have a problem, unless you have special feelings for that library :)
(*) and this will only happen if no other program needs that library, so it's basically being orphaned.
DU went through without problems! Thanks for your response @piper, @blaze & @reinob.
Greetings,
Jörg