On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:02:45PM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 08:43:27PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2007 at 03:09:21AM -0400, Ninenineone Efx <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > > I think I made a big mistake. > > > > > > I executed the following command to install a font package. > > > > > > aptitude install ttf-unfonts > > > > > > After it installed the font package, it began to remove packages. > > > I did not expect it delete most of package files so fast. > > > :-( > > > > Is this the first time you've used aptitude? I wonder if you could > > have hit bug #411123. > > Interesting; I thought this behavior was a feature, not a bug... ;-) The > bug report seems to imply it's been fixed.
The bug is that aptitude thinks your whole system (more or less) is auto-installed if very specific circumstances are met. This is not desired. :-) It looks like the fix made it into etch, though -- I thought it wouldn't due to the freeze. So I guess I wasted everyone's time. Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]