Re: Git install crashed nearly whole System

> Hi, 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 14, 2021 at 07:23:40PM +0100, Christian Strasser wrote:
> > Hello all,
> > 
> > I installed Git yesterday on my system. For that I used “sudo apt-
> > get
> > install git-all”.  
> 
> I'm not sure if this list is aware of this specific debian meta-
> package,
> but this reads like a scary packaging mistake that needs fixing asap.
> I
> think this would probably be sent to the Debian packager for git-all.
> You can probably ask the people listed as uploaders in here[1]
> 
> > During the installation a lot of very important
> > packages got removed! It was horrible, and I couldn’t use my gnome
> > desktop environment at all! A lot off dependencies got lost!
> > Fortunately, I could save my system through read out the
> > information
> > about removed packages from the apt history.
> > 
> > Today I totally removed git and tried to install everything again
> > with
> > the same instruction. The same misbehavior did happen! 
> > 
> > For more information I added the history as an attachment to this
> > email. 
> > 
> > Information about my system:
> > 
> > Kernel          : Linux 4.19.0-14-amd64 (x86_64)
> > Version         : #1 SMP Debian 4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30)
> > C Library       : GNU C Library / (Debian GLIBC 2.28-10) 2.28
> > Distribution    : Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)
> > 
> > Gnome           : Version: 3.30.2-11~deb10u2 (apt-cache show gnome-
> > shell  grep Version) -> 3.30.2
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Christian
> > ...
> > Start-Date: 2021-03-13  19:10:24
> > Remove: gnome-color-manager:amd64 (3.30.0-2), gnome-session:amd64
> > (3.30.1-2), gvfs-backends:amd64 (1.38.1-5), gnome-control-
> > center:amd64 (1:3.30.3-2~deb10u1), chrome-gnome-shell:amd64 (10.1-
> > 5), rtkit:amd64 (0.11-6), gnome-software:amd64 (3.30.6-5), gnome-
> > settings-daemon:amd64 (3.30.2-3), network-manager-gnome:amd64
> > (1.8.20-1.1), gnome-sushi:amd64 (3.30.0-2), gdm3:amd64 (3.30.2-3),
> > network-manager:amd64 (1.14.6-2+deb10u1), packagekit-tools:amd64
> > (1.1.12-5), gnome-tweak-tool:amd64 (3.30.2-1), gnome-disk-
> > utility:amd64 (3.30.2-3), gnome-tweaks:amd64 (3.30.2-1), gnome-
> > music:amd64 (3.30.2-1), udisks2:amd64 (2.8.1-4), gvfs-fuse:amd64
> > (1.38.1-5), nautilus:amd64 (3.30.5-2), gnome-shell-extension-dash-
> > to-panel:amd64 (18-1), systemd-sysv:amd64 (241-7~deb10u6), libpam-
> > systemd:amd64 
> 
> These last removals in particular look rather bad, but I don't see
> how
> they could be triggered by downloading git-all. Are you sure this
> only
> happens when you run apt install git-all?
> 
> Cheers!
> -Santiago
> 
> [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/git