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Oops, sorry about that. After filing this report, I noticed that
there's an aptitude::Get-Root-Command setting which can be used. I
only found this by examining the source code, though.
The attached patch, which adds a link to this option from the
"Becoming root" section, would have allowed me to find this option
before making a fool of myself.
--
Matt Kraai http://ftbfs.org/
diff -ru aptitude-0.5.9rc2~/doc/en/aptitude.xml aptitude-0.5.9rc2/doc/en/aptitude.xml
--- aptitude-0.5.9rc2~/doc/en/aptitude.xml 2009-09-27 16:53:16.000000000 -0700
+++ aptitude-0.5.9rc2/doc/en/aptitude.xml 2009-09-27 16:57:30.000000000 -0700
@@ -2950,6 +2950,13 @@
states will be preserved (but will not be saved until you
quit &aptitude;).
</para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you want to use a command other than su to become root,
+ you can set the Aptitude::Get-Root-Command configuration
+ option. See <xref linkend="configGet-Root-Command"> for
+ details.
+ </para>
</section>
</section>
