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
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.
kr,
Chipzz AKA
Jan Van Buggenhout
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