On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:57:15PM +0300, "Eugene V. Lyubimkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Daniel Burrows wrote: > > This is expected behavior. When "why" is run with only a target, it > > tries to find the package that's keeping the automatically installed > > target on the system. If the target is manually installed, the search > > would terminate immediately (because the package is keeping itself on > > the system). > > > > You can give the search a different starting point if you want something > > else, e.g., > > > > aptitude why '?installed ?not(?name(^laptop-detect$))' laptop-detect > Thanks, i've understood.
I was thinking about this some more. I may change the code in future releases to just ignore self-justifications, since in that case there's nothing useful to show the user anyway. I've thought this over and I don't see any bad things that can happen; it just means I have to slightly change the definition of "why". Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
