On Thu, Dec 07, 2006 at 01:59:01PM +0000, Chris Lale wrote: > Florian Kulzer wrote: > >[...] > > > >I have tried to come up with possible reasons why some people have such > >bad experiences when they try aptitude. Here is my "traps and pitfalls > >of aptitude" list: > > > >1) Aptitude remembers intended actions, even if you change the package > > states and/or configuration settings which prompted this behavior. > > When in doubt, run "aptitude keep-all". > > > >2) Aptitude tries to react immediately to changes in package states, > > including the "automatically installed" flag. If you want to run > > several successive (un)markauto commands to change/fix your system > > then you have to use "--schedule-only" to keep aptitude from doing > > something unintended halfway through the operation and "keep-all" > > afterwards. Another helpful stop-gap measure in such cases is > > -o aptitude::Keep-Unused-Pattern='~T' > > > >3) The location of aptitude's configuration file depends on whether it > > is run as root or with "sudo" (unless you change your sudo set_home > > configuration). This can lead to inconsistent behavior. "sudo -H" > > takes care of this. > > > >4) If aptitude runs into problems when trying to upgrade packages (e.g. > > because the updated versions of some dependencies are still missing) > > it will normally propose the least harmful action first (e.g. keeping > > a few packages at their presently installed version). However, if you > > run another upgrade command after the harmless actions have been > > carried out, then aptitude will assume that you want it to be more > > aggressive. "keep-all" helps again, as well as CTRL + U or "Cancel > > Pending Actions" in interactive mode. > > > > > This is a great list, Florian! I think that it should be included in the > Debian Reference. > > I normally run "aptitude unmarkauto --schedule-only '~i'" before using > Aptitude after using Synaptic. Is it still necessary to run "aptitude > keep-all" too (point 2)? >
Why not submit a bug report, severity wishlist, to the debian-reference package? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
