Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.7-1
Debian Sid user.
I prefer aptitude to *always* asks me if i want to install the packages
just downloaded. In the latest version the option dialog is changed
(reverting the behaviour above to "When an error occours") and now i
cannot make the following options permanent:
"This options controls wheter aptitude will wait for confirmation after a"
NOTE1: i've reported the option string as i can see it. In fact it's the
only portion i can read, since it isn't possible to lo scroll horizontally.
NOTE2: i can toggle options only with the ENTER key. In relation to its
spread use, should it be enabled also the SPACE key?
Follow these steps:
- change the option above from "When an error occours" to "Always";
- press "q" to exit from the option dialog (i can't see any confirmation
button so i assume the modification are effective immediately);
- exit from aptitude;
- starts aptitude again.
A red error box immediately show up with these two lines:
E: Syntax error /root/.aptitude/config:6: Extra junk after value
E: Syntax error /root/.aptitude/config:6: Extra junk after value
After pressing "Ok", if i go to the option dialog i can see that my
"pause-after-download" modification was not kept. But other modified
options seems to be kept.
If i open "/root/.aptitude/config" before restarting aptitude i can se this:
aptitude "";
aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Recommends-Important "false";
aptitude::Pause-after-downloading-files "Yes";
aptitude::UI "";
aptitude::UI::Prompt-On-Exit "true";
Pause after downloading files "Yes";
Two things appears strange to me: the last line and the fact that there
is already a "Pause-after-downloading-files" option.
So i've entirely deleted the .aptitude directory, restarted aptitude and
modified only two option:
Install confirmation: Always
Install recommended packages automatically: Off
This is the generated conffile:
aptitude "";
aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Recommends-Important "false";
Pause after downloading files "Yes";
After restarting aptitude the error box re-appear showing the same error
on line 5 (the last).
If i close aptitude again and reopen the conffile, i see that some lines
are gone:
aptitude "";
aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Recommends-Important "false";
Regards.
Cesare.
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