[I hope I got the attributions correctly, as far as I can tell I'm only responding to "John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell", not to berenger.morel@, from what appears to have been a private reply]
> Le 11.06.2014 08:41, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell a écrit : > > > >NO. APT does not break packages as far as i know. > > > >point is. NO. aptitude is going fast. it is a long problem to solve > > > >!!! SEE BELOW for how to make it really fast !!! > > > >apt-get doesn't have a wishlist picker (see below) neither does dpkg, > >that is why they are "faster". Err, what? > >how do i know? > > > >------------------------ > > > >aptitude has a feature which tries to choose whish lists when there > >are multiple choice paths to try (some or all of which may not > >comprise the subset you need, it's complicated). I read the C++ code, > >and errors i've not heard of aside: it's picker is theoretically good. > > > >i wrote this debian tool(s) > > > > http://sourceforge.net/p/dep-trace/ > > > >it installs removes etc like apt-get and dpkg BUT also has a > >auto-chooser which asks user to make choice if necessary. (see the > >page ^^ it has new features i won't describe here). dep-trace goes > >"faster" (simpler resolver) but can't do wishlists like aptitude. > >dep-trace slower than dpkg round-trip install but designed to be far > >faster for given larger lists of pkgs. > > > >back to point. point is. NO. aptitude is going fast. it is a long > >problem to solve. > > > > > >======================================== > >!! TADA i got an answer that will make you speedier that you were in > >the 1990's !! > > > > > >reduce the size of your /var/lib/dpkg/available. HOW ? well just > >open the file and delete stuff and save ! ok. there are too many > >ways to choose how. back up before doing it. and don't delete any > >you'll need (ie, dependancies) As far as I know only dpkg and dselect use that file and if you really want to reduce its size one can use 'dpkg --clear-avail' :p Probably "safer" (from what?) to use --forget-old-unavail instead. > >obviously: don't install extra CD's you don't use (ie, non-free) they > >will bloat the "available" file. > > > >also: check /etc/apt/preferences (debian docs) about if there's an > >option to filter updates/paths of "available" packages. > > > >(if you don't have the file make aptitude export it, it won't unless > >asked). This makes no sense at all. See apt_preferences(5) for the purpose of that file. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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