Package: aptitude Version: 0.2.15.9-2 Severity: minor If you clear (ctrl-k) the package Options | "UI Options" | "The default grouping method for package views" the selection does not survive a restart of aptitude. I think it causes the option to not be written to .aptitude/config rather than be written with a "" value. And the restart detects the missing value and populates the default value "filter(missing),task,status,section(subdir,passthrough),section(topdir)".
If modify .aptitude/config and set: aptitude::UI::Default-Grouping "" it works as expected. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.19.1 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages aptitude depends on: ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6 0.5.28.6 Advanced front-end for dpkg ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22sarge4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.3-13sarge1 GCC support library ii libncurses5 5.4-4 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsigc++-1.2-5c102 1.2.5-4 type-safe Signal Framework for C++ ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.5-13 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]