On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:59:51AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 01:58:32PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen > <tzaf...@cohens.org.il> was heard to say: > > One use case: > > > > dpkg --install package.deb > > > > Which happens to fail due to a missing dependency, and then: > > > > apt-get install -f > > > > I haven't tried it with aptitude recently but at least in the past (4-5 > > monthes ago? not sure) it tried installing too much stuff. > > What do you mean by "too much stuff"?
I recall it tried to install unnecessary packages. Sadly I don't have any specific example right now. -- Tzafrir Cohen | tzaf...@jabber.org | VIM is http://tzafrir.org.il | | a Mutt's tzaf...@cohens.org.il | | best ICQ# 16849754 | | friend -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
