[Bug 1333745] Re: updating php5 metapackage brings in unnecessarily libapache2-mod-php5

[Robie Basak]

Thank you for taking the time to file this report and helping to make
Ubuntu better.

I think I can reproduce the behaviour you're seeing, but I don't think
this is a bug.

If I use "apt-get install php5" after the security update has appeared,
then I see the behaviour you describe. But this is not the recommended
way of installing security updates.

Instead, you should use "apt-get dist-upgrade" to get all relevant
updates. If you want to be very specific about what you want installed,
then you should use apt pinning, or specifically state "apt-get install
php5 php5-cgi" to specify the alternate dependency specifically, to
avoid pulling in libapache2-mod-php5.

Since I don't think this is a bug in Ubuntu, I'm marking this bug as
Invalid. If you disagree, please explain and then change the bug status
back to New.

** Changed in: php5 (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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  updating php5 metapackage brings in unnecessarily libapache2-mod-php5

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