Hi, On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 10:29:51AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Sunday 05 June 2005 08:52 am, Marc Haber wrote: > > $ sudo aptitude markauto '.' > > Couldn't find package ".", and more than 40 > > packages contain "." in their name. > > (no action results) > > > > A quick look into the source code shows that the 40 is hard-coded. It > > should be at least configurable. > > Do you really want aptitude to spew out a list of 2846 suggestions (the > count on my system of packages whose name contains '.')
Actually, it should spit out a list of all packages on the system (or act on all installed packages), since '.' is a regexp which hopefully matches all package names. > etc. I can make this value configurable, it won't hurt, but the fact that > you want to increase it suggests to me that you're trying to abuse the > command to do something that would be better done using "search". The > message you get from the "install" command is just a suggestion about ways > you could correct the command you typed. Please notice that I didn't use the "install" command, but rather the "markauto" command. Oh, btw, is there a way to have aptitude refrain from acting immediately on a command from the command line? For example, I'd like to be able to do aptitude upgrade aptitude --visual-preview markauto '.' which will have me end up in an interactive aptitude session with all upgradeable packages maked as "upgrade", and all packages being marked as "automatically installed", so that I can manually select the packages that should stay on the system. Currently, I am forced to upgrade packages which will be uninstalled in the next step. Greetings Marc -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | "I don't trust Computers. They | Mailadresse im Header Mannheim, Germany | lose things." Winona Ryder | Fon: *49 621 72739834 Nordisch by Nature | How to make an American Quilt | Fax: *49 621 72739835 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
