[Bug 225308] Re: aptitude doesn't keep a log in Hardy

2008-05-01 Thread integr8e
I don't mean to sound arrogant in any way (please don't take offense), there are just times I depend on Aptitude to uninstall all a (meta)package's dependencies. -- aptitude doesn't keep a log in Hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225308 You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 225308] Re: aptitude doesn't keep a log in Hardy

2008-05-01 Thread integr8e
I understand that, but the way Aptitude has always worked for me before, if I installed a metapackage with it, I could uninstall everything I installed by uninstalling the metapackage. Apt-get and other package managers don't work that way, but Aptitude does (thus the reason I prefer to use it).

[Bug 225308] Re: aptitude doesn't keep a log in Hardy

2008-05-01 Thread Sense Hofstede
Thank you for reporting this. Fortunately( ;) ), this isn't a bug. Meta- packages install other packages by the use of dependencies, this means that the install program things that those packages are required for that package to run. However, it doesn't mean that when that package is removed, that