2006/10/16, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, Oct 16, 2006 at 11:41:16AM -0400, Jason Spiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: Could you give an example of a case where aptitude doesn't do this?
I do not know any examples where aptitude *does* show suggestions. == Example 1 comparing apt-get and aptitude == [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/aptitude$ sudo apt-get install hpijs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: libsensors3 libsnmp-base libsnmp9 Suggested packages: hplip hpoj hpijs-ppds hplip-doc lm-sensors The following NEW packages will be installed: hpijs libsensors3 libsnmp-base libsnmp9 0 upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 371 not upgraded. Need to get 3453kB of archives. After unpacking 7295kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/aptitude$ sudo aptitude install hpijs Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following NEW packages will be automatically installed: libsensors3 libsnmp-base libsnmp9 The following packages have been kept back: abiword abiword-common abiword-help alsa-base alsa-oss alsa-utils apt apt-utils aptitude asp.net-examples aspell-en base-files bash binfmtc binutils bsdmainutils bsdutils busybox bzip2 ca-certificates cdrecord cli-common cli-common-dev console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cpp cron cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client curl dbus dchroot debconf debconf-i18n debfoster debian-policy debianutils deborphan debtags devscripts dictionaries-common dnsutils dpkg dpkg-dev dselect eject emacs-goodies-el emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common erc ethereal expect fakeroot fam file findutils foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters fping g++ gaim gaim-data gcc gconf2 gconf2-common gettext gettext-base gksu gnupg gparted grub gs-common gs-esp gv gzip hicolor-icon-theme htop ifupdown imagemagick info initramfs-tools initscripts intltool-debian iptables kappfinder kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdeprint kdesktop kdm kghostview kicker klibc-utils klipper kmenuedit konsole kopete kpdf ksmserver kweather kwin less libacl1 libarts1c2a libartsc0 libasn1-6-heimdal libasound2 libaudio2 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-glib1 libavahi-qt3-1 libbind9-0 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libbz2-1.0 libcairo-perl libconsole libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libcurl3 libdb4.2 libdb4.3 libdb4.4 libdbus-1-3 libdevmapper1.02 libdns21 libdrm2 libexpat1 libfam0 libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libfribidi0 libfs6 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt11 libgetopt-argvfile-perl libgksu2-0 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglade2-0 libglib-perl libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libglu1-mesa libgmp3c2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgnutls13 libgpg-error0 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libhal-storage1 libhal1 libice6 libidn11 libisc11 libisccc0 libisccfg1 libklibc libkrb5-17-heimdal libkrb53 libldap2 liblircclient0 liblua50 liblualib50 liblwres9 libmagic1 libmagick9 libmodplug0c2 libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-data-tds1.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-peapi1.0-cil libmono-security1.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil libmono-system-data1.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono0 libmono1.0-cil libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-extension1 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5 liborbit2 libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.8 libpcre3 libpopt0 libpq4 libreadline5 libroken16-heimdal libsasl2 libsasl2-modules libselinux1 libsepol1 libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libslp1 libsm6 libssl0.9.8 libstartup-notification0 libtasn1-3 libtasn1-3-bin libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wikiformat-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtiff4 libtotem-plparser1 libungif4g libvolume-id0 libwrap0 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxine1 libxml2 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxslt1.1 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxvmc1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 linux-kernel-headers linux-sound-base login lsb-base lynx m4 makedev manpages manpages-dev menu mime-support mkisofs module-assistant modutils mono-classlib-1.0 mono-common mono-gac mono-jit mono-mcs mono-runtime mono-utils mono-xsp mono-xsp-base mount myspell-en-us mysql-common nano ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term nmap ntpdate nvi openssh-client openssh-server openssl oracle-xe-client parted passwd pciutils perl-doc po-debconf procps psmisc psutils pymacs python-central python-glade2 python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mode python-support readline-common renameutils reportbug samba-common shared-mime-info smbclient smbfs ssh sysstat sysv-rc sysvinit tar tcl8.4 tcpd tcpdump totem totem-xine ttf-bitstream-vera txt2html tzdata ucf udev unzip usbutils util-linux vim vim-common vim-runtime wget whois wireshark wireshark-common wyrd xbase-clients xdiskusage xfe xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-scalable xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xterm xtightvncviewer xutils xutils-dev zip zsh The following NEW packages will be installed: hpijs libsensors3 libsnmp-base libsnmp9 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 0 to remove and 371 not upgraded. Need to get 3453kB of archives. After unpacking 7295kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. == Example 2 comparing apt-get and aptitude == -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/aptitude$ sudo apt-get install lynx-cur Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Suggested packages: lynx-cur-wrapper The following packages will be REMOVED: lynx The following NEW packages will be installed: lynx-cur 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 370 not upgraded. Need to get 1964kB of archives. After unpacking 209kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? n Abort. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/var/lib/aptitude$ sudo aptitude install lynx-cur Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states... Done Building tag database... Done The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: lynx The following packages have been kept back: abiword abiword-common abiword-help alsa-base alsa-oss alsa-utils apt apt-utils aptitude asp.net-examples aspell-en base-files bash binfmtc binutils bsdmainutils bsdutils busybox bzip2 ca-certificates cdrecord cli-common cli-common-dev console-common console-data console-tools coreutils cpio cpp cron cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client curl dbus dchroot debconf debconf-i18n debfoster debian-policy debianutils deborphan debtags devscripts dictionaries-common dnsutils dpkg dpkg-dev dselect eject emacs-goodies-el emacs21 emacs21-bin-common emacs21-common erc ethereal expect fakeroot fam file findutils foomatic-db foomatic-db-engine foomatic-filters fping g++ gaim gaim-data gcc gconf2 gconf2-common gettext gettext-base gksu gnupg gparted grub gs-common gs-esp gv gzip hicolor-icon-theme htop ifupdown imagemagick info initramfs-tools initscripts intltool-debian iptables kappfinder kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdeprint kdesktop kdm kghostview kicker klibc-utils klipper kmenuedit konsole kopete kpdf ksmserver kweather kwin less libacl1 libarts1c2a libartsc0 libasn1-6-heimdal libasound2 libaudio2 libavahi-common-data libavahi-common3 libavahi-glib1 libavahi-qt3-1 libbind9-0 libbonobo2-0 libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libbz2-1.0 libcairo-perl libconsole libcupsimage2 libcupsys2 libcurl3 libdb4.2 libdb4.3 libdb4.4 libdbus-1-3 libdevmapper1.02 libdns21 libdrm2 libexpat1 libfam0 libfontenc1 libfreetype6 libfribidi0 libfs6 libgconf2-4 libgcrypt11 libgetopt-argvfile-perl libgksu2-0 libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libglade2-0 libglib-perl libglibmm-2.4-1c2a libglu1-mesa libgmp3c2 libgnomecups1.0-1 libgnomeprint2.2-0 libgnomeprint2.2-data libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libgnomevfs2-extra libgnutls13 libgpg-error0 libgsf-1-114 libgsf-1-common libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-bin libgtk2.0-common libgtop2-7 libgtop2-common libhal-storage1 libhal1 libice6 libidn11 libisc11 libisccc0 libisccfg1 libklibc libkrb5-17-heimdal libkrb53 libldap2 liblircclient0 liblua50 liblualib50 liblwres9 libmagic1 libmagick9 libmodplug0c2 libmono-corlib1.0-cil libmono-corlib2.0-cil libmono-data-tds1.0-cil libmono-data-tds2.0-cil libmono-peapi1.0-cil libmono-security1.0-cil libmono-security2.0-cil libmono-sharpzip0.84-cil libmono-system-data1.0-cil libmono-system-data2.0-cil libmono-system-runtime1.0-cil libmono-system-web1.0-cil libmono-system-web2.0-cil libmono-system1.0-cil libmono-system2.0-cil libmono0 libmono1.0-cil libmysqlclient15off libnautilus-extension1 libncurses5 libncurses5-dev libncursesw5 liborbit2 libpam-modules libpam-runtime libpam0g libpango1.0-0 libpango1.0-common libpaper-utils libpaper1 libpcap0.8 libpcre3 libpopt0 libpq4 libreadline5 libroken16-heimdal libsasl2 libsasl2-modules libselinux1 libsepol1 libsigc++-2.0-0c2a libslp1 libsm6 libssl0.9.8 libstartup-notification0 libtasn1-3 libtasn1-3-bin libtext-charwidth-perl libtext-iconv-perl libtext-wikiformat-perl libtext-wrapi18n-perl libtiff4 libtotem-plparser1 libungif4g libvolume-id0 libwrap0 libx11-data libxau6 libxaw7 libxcomposite1 libxdamage1 libxfixes3 libxfont1 libxine1 libxml2 libxmuu1 libxp6 libxpm4 libxslt1.1 libxtrap6 libxtst6 libxv1 libxvmc1 libxxf86dga1 libxxf86misc1 libxxf86vm1 linux-kernel-headers linux-sound-base login lsb-base m4 makedev manpages manpages-dev menu mime-support mkisofs module-assistant modutils mono-classlib-1.0 mono-common mono-gac mono-jit mono-mcs mono-runtime mono-utils mono-xsp mono-xsp-base mount myspell-en-us mysql-common nano ncurses-base ncurses-bin ncurses-term nmap ntpdate nvi openssh-client openssh-server openssl oracle-xe-client parted passwd pciutils perl-doc po-debconf procps psmisc psutils pymacs python-central python-glade2 python-gtk2 python-libxml2 python-mode python-support readline-common renameutils reportbug samba-common shared-mime-info smbclient smbfs ssh sysstat sysv-rc sysvinit tar tcl8.4 tcpd tcpdump totem totem-xine ttf-bitstream-vera txt2html tzdata ucf udev unzip usbutils util-linux vim vim-common vim-runtime wget whois wireshark wireshark-common wyrd xbase-clients xdiskusage xfe xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-base xfonts-encodings xfonts-scalable xpdf xpdf-common xpdf-reader xpdf-utils xserver-xorg-core xserver-xorg-input-evdev xserver-xorg-input-synaptics xserver-xorg-input-wacom xterm xtightvncviewer xutils xutils-dev zip zsh The following NEW packages will be installed: lynx-cur The following packages will be REMOVED: lynx 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 1 to remove and 370 not upgraded. Need to get 1964kB of archives. After unpacking 209kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n Abort. As you can see, in both cases, apt-get shows a list of Suggests and aptitude does not. Note: I upgraded to aptitude 0.4.3-1 today. The problem still happens. --Jason -- Jason Spiro: computer consulting with a smile. I also provide training and spyware removal services for homes and businesses. Call or email for a FREE 5-minute consultation. Satisfaction guaranteed. 416-781-5938 / Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
