Re: Testversion of synaptic 0.50 available
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Chipzz wrote:
> From: Chipzz <chipzz@ULYSSIS.Org>
> Subject: Re: Testversion of synaptic 0.50 available
>
> On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Michael Banck wrote:
>
> > From: Michael Banck <mbanck@debian.org>
> > Subject: Re: Testversion of synaptic 0.50 available
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 02:18:37AM +0200, Chipzz wrote:
> > > > > Speaking of which, this is something which should really be standardized
> > > > > between the various packaging front-ends. It's very annoying to have
> > > > > built up a list of wanted packages in debfoster, then have them all
> > > > > ignored by aptitude, and build up a new list there to have it ignored by
> > > > > synaptic...
> > > > >
> > > > > As a user, I'd much appreciate having a standard place where such things
> > > > > are stored across these different apt frontends. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > I totally agree. The problem is that apt itself does lack some
> > > > features. That's why all front-ends come up with there own solutions.
> > >
> > > echo package purge | dpkg --set-selections && apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > Could you please elaborate how this helps for the issue at hand?
>
> >From what I understand, the original poster complained that after
> running debfoster, it's never recorded which packages actually should be
After hitting the send button, I realized it said debfoster instead of
deborphan. I somehow misread this twice.
My apologies.
> purged, and when afterwards running aptitude, the packages selected
> previously are not purged.
>
> With dpkg --set-selections, you can set which packages are to be
> installed/removed etc, which gets done the next time you run apt-get
> dist-upgrade.
>
> I recommend you check the relevant documentation.
Oops.
kr,
Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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