They both sound awfully "generic" (pun intended), but I can't really come up with an example for a bad match, so lets just try it I guess.
That said, isn't the "deeper" problem that these metapackages can be removed easily even through they are important to keep the kernel up-to-date (and hence secure). Perhaps some should be "Important:yes"…
For the record: apts behavior is different depending on if you explicitly remove a metapackage vs. its removed as part of problem resolution like in a dist-upgrade or if you remove some dependee. Only in the later cases the manual bit is applied to the (other) dependencies of the metapackage.
They both sound awfully "generic" (pun intended), but I can't really come up with an example for a bad match, so lets just try it I guess.
That said, isn't the "deeper" problem that these metapackages can be removed easily even through they are important to keep the kernel up-to-date (and hence secure). Perhaps some should be "Important:yes"…
For the record: apts behavior is different depending on if you explicitly remove a metapackage vs. its removed as part of problem resolution like in a dist-upgrade or if you remove some dependee. Only in the later cases the manual bit is applied to the (other) dependencies of the metapackage.