Package: aptitude
Version: 0.4.11.11-1+b2
Severity: wishlist
Hi,
aptitude can mark a package as "manual installed" or "automatically
installed".
Symmetrically, I suggest to introduce a way to mark a package as being
"manually removed" or "automatically removed".
Similarly, aptitude should avoid to automatically reconsider a "manual"
decision.
For example, if a packet is marked as having been "manually removed", aptitude
should not try to install it again on the pretext that another package
recommends or suggests it.
A package "manually removed" can not be automatically reinstated unless another
package really depends on it.
Of course, it can also be reinstalled "manually".
A package "automatically removed" may be reinstalled automatically.
Regards.
-- Package-specific info:
aptitude 0.4.11.11 compiled at Aug 3 2009 17:14:11
Compiler: g++ 4.3.3
Compiled against:
apt version 4.8.0
NCurses version 5.7
libsigc++ version: 2.0.18
Ept support enabled.
Current library versions:
NCurses version: ncurses 5.7.20090803
cwidget version: 0.5.16
Apt version: 4.8.0
linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb77fc000)
libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.8 => /usr/lib/libapt-pkg-libc6.9-6.so.4.8
(0xb7718000)
libncursesw.so.5 => /lib/libncursesw.so.5 (0xb76d4000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.0 (0xb76cd000)
libcwidget.so.3 => /usr/lib/libcwidget.so.3 (0xb760d000)
libept.so.0 => /usr/lib/libept.so.0 (0xb759a000)
libxapian.so.15 => /usr/lib/libxapian.so.15 (0xb7449000)
libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7435000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb741c000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0xb732a000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libm.so.6 (0xb7304000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0xb72e7000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb71a0000)
libutil.so.1 => /lib/i686/cmov/libutil.so.1 (0xb719c000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb7197000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77fd000)
Terminal: xterm
$DISPLAY is set.
`which aptitude`: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude linkage:
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (200, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-trunk-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii apt [libapt-pkg-libc6.9 0.7.25.3 Advanced front-end for dpkg
ii libc6 2.10.2-2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libcwidget3 0.5.16-3 high-level terminal interface libr
ii libept0 0.5.30 High-level library for managing De
ii libgcc1 1:4.4.2-9 GCC support library
ii libncursesw5 5.7+20090803-2 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsigc++-2.0-0c2a 2.2.4.2-1 type-safe Signal Framework for C++
ii libstdc++6 4.4.2-9 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
ii libxapian15 1.0.17-1 Search engine library
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-do <none> (no description available)
ii libparse-debianchangelog-perl 1.1.1-2 parse Debian changelogs and output
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
ii debtags 1.7.9+b2 Enables support for package tags
ii tasksel 2.81 Tool for selecting tasks for insta
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