On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:52:19AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 07:21:34PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 16:00, Jon Dowland wrote: > > > On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:21:54 +0000 (GMT), Thomas Adam > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I can see no advantages to using aptitude over apt-get. > > > > > > If I'm not mistaken, d-i uses aptitude (or maybe its a cut-down fork or > > > something). If a user installs using the new d-i, opts for manual > > > package configuration, is it impossible to avoid using aptitude? > > > > Why avoid it? According to Osamu Aoki in the Debian Reference Manual > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-apt-install, > > Aptitude is now the preferred command line APT application. I have become > > quite used to aptitude install, aptitude remove, aptitude purge, aptitude > > update, aptitude dist-upgrade, etc. Usually, its just a case of putting > > typing aptitude where you would have typed apt-get. > > Now, wait just a second... Brian Nelson says no one is recommending > aptitude over apt-get for command-line use. :)
I never said that. In fact, the above entry in the reference contains text that was added at my recommendation. I merely refuted the statement that aptitude is a "drop-in replacement" for apt-get. Of course it is not, though it uses a similar interface. -- For every sprinkle I find, I shall kill you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
