[Bug 1754872] Re: apt install xubuntu-desktop does not resolve dependencies properly

[Julian Andres Klode]

There are subtle differences between how the meta package is installed
and how tasks are installed, even if the meta package installs all task
packages.

tasksel effectively runs apt install xubuntu-desktop^, that is, it
installs all packages that have the xubuntu-desktop task field set. But
it might also include some other tasks, and I don't remember. That said,
both methods are somewhat crap as they do not mark packages properly as
autoremovable.

Consider a package X depending on A or B. If you install it, it will
install A as well. If you say install X B, it won't install X. That's
the same effect for tasks, and may lead to slightly different choices.

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