El mar., 11 ago. 2020 13:31, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpope...@gmail.com> escribió:
> On Vi, 07 aug 20, 13:31:53, Default User wrote: > > Hey guys, > > > > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > > limitations. > > If you are referring to the limitations of 'aptitude why', this 1) > reverse dependency and 2) apt / apt-get don't even have (an equivalent > for) this. > > > Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude was > > preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency > > resolution. > > The dependency resolution of aptitude is more... advanced ;) > > Depending on the situation this may or may not be good. While APT's > dependency resolution is simpler, it is also more predictable. > > > Now, we have apt, as well. > > The command 'apt' is just another frontend to APT (the package manager), > same as apt-get, apt-cache, etc. which it is meant to replace for > interactive use. > > The dependency resolution algorithm is the same. It does have different > defaults though, e.g. 'apt upgrade' is equivalent to > 'apt-get upgrade --with-new-pkgs'. > > > So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be the > > best at dependency resolution? > > Just my personal opinion: > > For stable (+ updates, security, backports) it doesn't matter, use > whichever you like best. > > For testing or unstable aptitude's interactive dependency resolution can > be very useful. It may need some tweaking though, according to my > archive I was using > > Aptitude::ProblemResolver::SolutionCost "removals"; > > to tweak the resolver. This may have changed in the meantime (it's been > a few releases since I stopped using unstable for my "main" install). > > For upgrades between stable releases (also known as a "dist-upgrade" > because of the 'apt-get' command) always use whatever is recommended in > the corresponding Release Notes, because that is what was tested and > found to produce the best results *for that particular distribution > upgrade*. > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser I swiched from aptitude to apt-get/apt some years ago aptitude need love :( My problem was mixing 64 and 32 bits packages. Seem aptitude didn't do a good job Reading Planet debian and transitions and apt-listbugs (or how It is named) , apt update && apt full-upgrade , run perfect in unstable Kind regards >
