Re: apt .v. aptitude (was Re: how to remove exim4 without removing mysql-server?)
On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 20:04, Wim De Smet wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 11:26:07 -0800, Marc Wilson <msw@cox.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:14:54AM -0000, linux@networkingnewsletter.org.uk wrote:
> >
> > What *dpkg* does is the standard. If aptitude doesn't honor it, it's
> > broken. If aptitude is *inconsistent*, as it is between the command line
> > and the ncurses interface, it's WORSE.
> >
>
> This is true, but if you only use aptitude it's a minor problem (eg.
> you can probably not even set a package on hold without the curses
> interface).
aptitude hold
Chris.
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Chris Lale <chrislale@untrammelled.co.uk>
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