Osamu Aoki <os...@debian.org>: > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 11:13:26PM +0000, s. keeling wrote: > > T o n g <mlist4sunt...@yahoo.com>: > > > > > > I used to use either apt-get or aptitude to install packages. Is it > > > OK to do so? > > > > Joey Hess wrote a long critique in here a couple of years ago, saying > > essentially yes. aptitude (I thimk) logs more of its actions than > > Old information may not be valiad for new apt-get :-) > > You may see change in release note: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=411280
Um, "Old information?" Yours was from sarge --> etch! 2.6.8 kernel! I've my own complaints about pkg managers (*everything* drags in CUPS!), but I still think Joey understands this stuff better than we ever will. Perhaps he'll deign to update his assessment of the situation. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://blinkynet.net/comp/uip5.html Linux Counter #80292 - - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1855.html Please, don't Cc: me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/i5734a$rb...@speranza.aioe.org
