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Selective package updates break the system #13660

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@CoolAller

Distribution

LMDE 7

Package version

Cinnamon 6.6.7

Graphics hardware in use

Radeon RX 480

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Always

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When performing a selective update for a single package, such as updating only Cinnamon or Cinnamon Session, after restarting Cinnamon, the system presents a black screen. This happens because some packages depend on each other, and updating one of them without updating the others that depend on it will cause the entire DE to become inoperable.

I can assume that this is happening right now, when something has been seriously reworked, but this could also happen in the future, since it is probably difficult to track.

Steps to reproduce

Select in Update Manager and install only one package, for example, CInnamon or Cinnamon Session and after restarting Cinnamon DE or restarting the OS, you will see only a black screen.

Expected behavior

Perhaps some kind of notification about this should be added when selectively updating packages in Update Manager, or should hard dependencies be specified when selecting updates?

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