Re: apt-get vs Aptitude
On Tue, 15 Apr 2008, Lukasz Szybalski wrote:
> So my
> apt-get install python-epydoc -> 4mb
> aptitude install python-epydoc -> Need to get 340MB of archives. After
> unpacking 685MB will be used
>
> I don't think that is what I have intended here. So now I am not
> sure if I should suggest aptitude as it installs more then required.
> How are you guys deal with this issue?
IIRC apt-get will install recommends by default from now on too, as
Recommends: should contain packages that all but unusual installations
should include. If you don't want recommends, use
--without-recommemends or set Aptitude::Recommends-Important
appropriately.
If a package has recommends which are set incorrectly, file a bug
against that package.
Don Armstrong
--
If I had a letter, sealed it in a locked vault and hid the vault
somewhere in New York. Then told you to read the letter, thats not
security, thats obscurity. If I made a letter, sealed it in a vault,
gave you the blueprints of the vault, the combinations of 1000 other
vaults, access to the best lock smiths in the world, then told you to
read the letter, and you still can't, thats security.
-- Bruce Schneier
http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu
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