Quoting Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 08:45, Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote: > > Quoting Kevin McKinley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > So here's the question -- how many different ways do I need to tell the > > > system to keepen its little mittens offen those packages? Can you suggest > > > another/better way to accomplish this? > > > > > > > Don't mix dselect/apt-get and aptitude. Stick to one or the other. > > As you have found, it is a mess to switch between the two. > > Do they keep their "information" repositories in different areas, > or is it just confusing to switch between them? >
>From the docs, at least some of it is the same. From rumors/postings, they compute dependencies and/or priorities differently. I have a laptop with mostly testing and a few unstable packages. I switched it from aptitude to apt-get. And the desktop with stable (AKA woody) was switched from apt-get to aptitude. Whey I switched from one to the other, all of a sudden, they started replacing packages right and left. It took several iterations of install and judious use of --force and some cross your fingers and allow deletion hoping all will be well eventually. Jeffrey -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
