Re: apt .v. aptitude (was Re: how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server?)

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Subject: Re: apt .v. aptitude (was Re: how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server?)
From: Jon Dowland <dowland@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:00:02 +0000
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 14:21:54 +0000 (GMT), Thomas Adam
<thomas_adam16@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I can see no advantages to using aptitude over apt-get.

If I'm not mistaken, d-i uses aptitude (or maybe its a cut-down fork
or something). If a user installs using the new d-i, opts for manual
package configuration, is it impossible to avoid using aptitude?

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