On 8/27/2010 9:52 PM, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=594512
>
> I just updates most gross errors in CVS so updated page will show up
> soon.
Ah yes. The page should describe more of why aptitude vs apt-get, and
let the user decide.
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On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 09:54:54AM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27:58PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
> >
> > This needs updat
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:36:52PM +, T o n g wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>
> >> To hold a Debian package not to be updated by apt-get
> >>
> >> echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections
> >>
> >> Please note that such holding will not work for aptitude.
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 07:09:04PM +, T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
> do so?
>
> I read [1] that it is not a good idea.
> Please comment.
http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2010/07/maillist.html
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On Vi, 27 aug 10, 01:07:22, s. keeling wrote:
>
> I've my own complaints about pkg managers (*everything* drags in
> CUPS!)
Package managers are not responsible by the dependencies set by
individual packages.
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Osamu Aoki :
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:13:26PM +, s. keeling wrote:
> > T o n g :
> > >
> > > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
> > > OK to do so?
> >
> > Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
> > essentially yes. aptitu
On Thu, 26 Aug 2010 22:30:30 +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
>> To hold a Debian package not to be updated by apt-get
>>
>> echo $package hold | dpkg --set-selections
>>
>> Please note that such holding will not work for aptitude. . .
>
> I just tested. It worked for me.
Please elaborate a bit more
>
>
>
> Original Message
>From: tom.brow...@gmail.com
>To: aaron.topo...@gmail.com
>Subject: Re: Mixing apt-get and aptitude
>Date: Thu, 26 Aug 2010 08:51:29 -0500
>
>>On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 19:23, Aaron Toponce
> wrote:
>>> On 08/25/201
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:59, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
>> Aside, can you post another blog (or another thread here) about why
>> you use both Ubuntu and Debian?
>
> http://pthree.org/2009/02/19/server-migration-from-ubuntu-804-to-debian-5
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 08:51:29AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> Aside, can you post another blog (or another thread here) about why
> you use both Ubuntu and Debian?
http://pthree.org/2009/02/19/server-migration-from-ubuntu-804-to-debian-50/
Long story short- Debian does a better job at package qu
On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:27:58PM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-pkgtools.en.html#s-aptitude
>
> This needs update. This is very old.
Why is this old? What is out-of-date?
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On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 19:23, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
>> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
>> do so?
>
> Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
> post on the many reasons to use aptitude o
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:08:10PM +, T o n g wrote:
> First of all, sorry that I miss read your meaning.
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:30 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
>
> > Can apt-get hold back package updates like aptitude? This might be one
> > of them.
>
> Yes, it can, but it's done at the
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 06:23:56PM -0600, Aaron Toponce wrote:
> On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
> > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
> > do so?
>
> Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
> post on the many reasons to
Hi,
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:13:26PM +, s. keeling wrote:
> T o n g :
> >
> > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
> > OK to do so?
>
> I've not read your link.
>
> Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
> essentially yes. a
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 09:08:10PM +, T o n g wrote:
> First of all, sorry that I miss read your meaning.
>
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:47:30 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
>
> > Can apt-get hold back package updates like aptitude? This might be one
> > of them.
>
> Yes, it can, but it's done at the
On 08/25/2010 01:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
> do so?
Yes. However, aptitude is a much more powerful program. Check my blog
post on the many reasons to use aptitude over apt:
http://pthree.org/2007/08/12/aptitude-vs-apt-get/
T o n g :
>
> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it
> OK to do so?
I've not read your link.
Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying
essentially yes. aptitude (I thimk) logs more of its actions than
does apt-get, but other than that,
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:21 PM, T o n g wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:16:44 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
>
>>> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK
>>> to do so?
>>>
>>> I read [1] that it is not a good idea. Please comment.
>>> . . .
>>>
>> There is no reason that
On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:16:44 -0400, Anticept . wrote:
>> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK
>> to do so?
>>
>> I read [1] that it is not a good idea. Please comment.
>> . . .
>>
> There is no reason that these two can't be mixed. Aptitude, however,
> keeps track
On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 3:09 PM, T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it OK to
> do so?
>
> I read [1] that it is not a good idea.
> Please comment.
> thanks
>
> [1] http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/ubuntu-63/mixing-apt-*-and-
> aptitude-
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:35:26PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>> On 2004-02-17, David penned:
>> >
>> > Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted
>> > right.. but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has
>> > been received - bu
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 10:35:26PM -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On 2004-02-17, David penned:
> >
> > Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted right..
> > but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has been
> > received - bug #233129
>
> Have you looked into t
On 2004-02-17, David penned:
>
> Well.. I _just now_ did.. didn't get my first report formatted right..
> but I've just received acknowledgement that the report has been
> received - bug #233129
Have you looked into the reportbug utility? Takes all the effort out of
putting together a proper debi
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 12:41:49PM +1100, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:13:28AM -0600, David said
> > However, it seems that aptitude always exits with status 0 regardless of
> > what's happened. FWIW, I've filed a wishlist bugreport in this regard.
>
> Ah, cool.
Well.. I _just no
On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 09:13:28AM -0600, David said
> However, it seems that aptitude always exits with status 0 regardless of
> what's happened. FWIW, I've filed a wishlist bugreport in this regard.
Ah, cool.
> Now, would it be the same to use apt-get for at least the update
Yup.
> , or
> pe
I primarily use aptitude for my updates now, but there seems to be one
catch for my particular usage.
I'm on dialup, and often wish to do my update and download my files at
late night or other times when we don't use the phone lines. I desire
to use a script such as this :
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