On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 12:13:23AM -0500, Manoj Srivastava <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
was heard to say:
> On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:06:59 -0700, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: 
> 
> >   I'd say the main difference is that apt-get is a command-line tool,
> > whereas aptitude is an interactive tool that can be driven from the
> > command-line.
> 
>         Are there still command line usages of apt-get that are not
>  exactly the same in aptitude?

  Identical behavior to apt-get has never been a goal for me, so the
answer is almost certainly "yes".  (not that I gratuitously break
apt-get compatibility; it's just not something I track one way or the
other unless I get bug reports)

>  And has apt-get started keeping track of
>  automatically installed packages, so cruft removal is not an issue with
>  apt-get, as it has been in the past?

  Yes, in sid.

  Daniel


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