On Wed, Jun 08, 2005 at 12:21:26PM +0100, michael wrote: > I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I > was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? > eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie > it uses the same dpkg info as apt - but in that case why is aptitude > recommended over and above apt?)
AFAIK It has a somewhat different dependency reolution engine, which seems to be better at large dist-upgrades than apt in most cases. Frank > thanks > -- > Michael Bane > Atmospheric Physics Group > University of Manchester > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
