Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread Frank Guthausen
On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 08:56:05 -0500 David Wright wrote: > On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote: > > > > From some old legacy configuration [...] > > ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' [...] > > > > The manpage [...] claims the > > option to be `` APT::Install-Recommends''

Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread David Wright
On Mon 02 Jun 2025 at 10:33:57 (+0200), Frank Guthausen wrote: > I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''. > > From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] recommended > packages are included or excluded by ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' > option when using ``ap

Re: aptitude configuration

2025-06-02 Thread Oliver Schode
On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 10:33:57 +0200 Frank Guthausen wrote: > Hello. > > I use ``aptitude'' with configuration below ``/etc/apt/''. > > From some old legacy configuration and an online manpage[1] > recommended packages are included or excluded by > ``Aptitude::Recommends-Important'' option when us

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 16:37:53 Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:37:46 -0600 > "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: > > For now, setting 'Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format' to "%x%a%M %p > > (%t) %Z %v %V" is passable, and can be made better with the features > > already supported by apti

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:37:46 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." wrote: ... > For now, setting 'Aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format' to "%x%a%M %p (%t) %Z > %v %V" is passable, and can be made better with the features already > supported > by aptitude. What's '%x', and why isn't it in the Aptitud

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > On Tuesday 01 December 2009 14:38:59 Alex Samad wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:29:54AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >> > I was hoping to be able to get something like: >> >   --\ Versions of e2fsprogs (2) >> > i A

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 14:38:59 Alex Samad wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:29:54AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I was hoping to be able to get something like: > > --\ Versions of e2fsprogs (2) > > i A 1.41.3-1 (now, stable) > > p A 1.41.9-1 (testing, unstable) > > > > or, a

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:29:54AM -0600, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > In <20091201002006.ga9...@emurlahn.burrows.local>, Daniel Burrows wrote: > >On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 01:34:11PM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." > was heard to say: [snip] > > (the last two) > > I was hoping to be able to

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Tuesday 01 December 2009 08:21:01 Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:45:26AM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: > > Daniel, would you be terribly averse to a wishlist bug to make a separate > > configuration option for this? > > No. The whole way that the lis

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:45:26AM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: > Daniel, would you be terribly averse to a wishlist bug to make a separate > configuration option for this? No. The whole way that the lists are configured could probably use an overhaul, actually. I wrote

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-12-01 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 01:29:54AM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: > However, the lines I'd like to change look like: > --\ Versions of e2fsprogs (2) > i A 1.41.3-1 > p A 1.41.9-1 For package versions, "%p" turns into the version number; "%v" and "%V" don't display anythi

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-11-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <200912010129.54945@iguanasuicide.net>, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: >In <20091201002006.ga9...@emurlahn.burrows.local>, Daniel Burrows wrote: >>On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 01:34:11PM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." > > was heard to say: >>> I use a mixed system, partially documented at >>> On

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-11-30 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <20091201002006.ga9...@emurlahn.burrows.local>, Daniel Burrows wrote: >On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 01:34:11PM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: >> I use a mixed system, partially documented at >> On all of them, it would be quite nice if aptitude would give me just a >> /little _bi

Re: Aptitude Configuration

2009-11-30 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 01:34:11PM -0600, "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." was heard to say: > I use a mixed system, partially documented at > On all of them, it would be quite nice if aptitude would give me just a > /little _bit_/ more information about which archive a particular package > version wa

Re: aptitude configuration question

2007-10-07 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 08:35:22AM -0500, Jude DaShiell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > What can I put into the .aptituderc file to adjust aptitude so the > recommended downloads and suggested downloads get downloaded with an > aptitude dist-upgrade? Because of the design of apt, it's

Re: aptitude configuration question

2007-10-07 Thread Wayne Topa
Jude DaShiell([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > What can I put into the .aptituderc file to adjust aptitude so the > recommended downloads and suggested downloads get downloaded with an > aptitude dist-upgrade? The aptitude man page (-r) option says you recommends options in /etc/ap