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by dude187 1686 days ago
I think you have a good point but with the worst example. Though the example is good in that it shows the nuance of how it's clearly not always the best choice.

If you're doing something like a system update where you're updating shared libraries, you don't want to get the kernel and glibc yet only half the libraries. You could easily end up in a state where you're not able to rerun the install or even free space without booting up a live USB or something.