Packages to be removed on full-upgrade, including nvidia packages (2/22/2019)

[David]

A list of all packages that apt would remove from my system if I apt full-upgraded right now:

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The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libsensors4 libsensors4:i386 nodejs-dev
  nvidia-persistenced



Since I have my system backed up, I'm going to do it and see if it breaks my system.

[piper]

How you can still have some of these packages is beyond me, especially libsensors4, libsensors4:i386

The only libsensors4 left in sid should be libsensors4-dev, everything else is libsensors5

You should full-upgrade once a week at the least

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10:01:12 AM-Fri Feb 22-[piper@x1] $ apt policy libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libsensors4 libsensors4:i386 nodejs-dev nvidia-persistenced
libnvidia-cfg1:
  Installed: 418.30-0.siduction.3
  Candidate: 418.30-0.siduction.3
  Version table:
*** 418.30-0.siduction.3 100
          1 http://10.10.10.3:3142/packages.siduction.org/extra experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
     415.27-1 1
          1 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian experimental/non-free amd64 Packages
     410.93-2 500
        500 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian unstable/non-free amd64 Packages
libnvidia-cfg1:i386:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 390.87-8
  Version table:
     390.87-8 500
        500 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian unstable/non-free i386 Packages
     390.42-0.siduction.1 1
          1 http://10.10.10.3:3142/packages.siduction.org/extra experimental/non-free i386 Packages
libsensors4:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
nodejs-dev:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
nvidia-persistenced:
  Installed: 410.93-1
  Candidate: 410.93-1
  Version table:
*** 410.93-1 500
        500 http://10.10.10.3:3142/mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/debian unstable/contrib amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
N: Unable to locate package libsensors4:i386
10:01:53 AM-Fri Feb 22-[piper@x1] $

[David]

Ah, Well i've full-upgraded and everything is fine.


I've been full-upgrading regularly. Maybe some packages are holding back my system? How would I be able to check?

[Pip]

Maybe
apt-mark showhold
?

[David]

apt-mark showhold didn't do anything (didn't print out anything, no errors...)
does that mean I don't have anything holding back my system?

[Pip]

It indicates you don't have anything marked to be held. The slicker version of

dpkg --get-selections | grep -v "install"

[piper]

If these are showing

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The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libnvidia-cfg1 libnvidia-cfg1:i386 libsensors4 libsensors4:i386 nodejs-dev
  nvidia-persistenced

they weren't on hold

libsensors4 was last updated (before switching to libsensors5) on

[2017-04-05] Accepted lm-sensors 1:3.4.0-4 (source) into unstable

libsensors4 switched to libsensors5 on Fri, 19 Dec 2018 (over 2 months ago)

Accepted lm-sensors 1:3.5.0-3 (source) into unstable
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2018 16:58:53 +0100
Source: lm-sensors
Binary: lm-sensors libsensors-config libsensors5 libsensors4-dev fancontrol
Architecture: source
Version: 1:3.5.0-3
Distribution: unstable

So I really don't know how you have had libsensors4 for so long (over 2 months) if you have been full-upgrading "regularly"

Our sources are directly from debian

[David]

OK well I dunno then, I just did an apt full-upgrade a couple days ago before I did it again today

[melmarker]

Welcome to the real world of unstable - deal with it, right now is the right time to learn the basics. After the debian stable release the floodgates of hell will be open again - and every not learned basic knowledge will hurt badly. (Other uses will likely say: Yeah, freeze is boring, lets have some action again)