Re: apt or aptitude on sarge
Steve Lamb <grey@dmiyu.org> wrote:
| michael wrote:
| > I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I
| > was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on?
|
| Pretty much.
|
| > eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie
| > it uses the same dpkg info as apt
|
| Correct.
|
| > - but in that case why is aptitude
|
| Because it does a few things apt does not do or do well. You can continue
| to use apt if you like, just like you can continue to use dselect at this late
| of a date. :)
|
If this can help
I'm moving from sarge to etch and aptitude didn't his job seriously,
stopped before the upgrade.
So finally moved with the old good apt-get with succes.
mess-mate
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