Re: Why does aptitude do this?
On 18 Feb 2006, Rob Blomquist wrote:
> The following packages are unused and will be REMOVED:
> amor eyesapplet fifteenapplet kdetoys kmoon kodo kteatime ktux kweather
> kworldclock xmms
> 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 11 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 14.1MB will be freed.
> Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n
> Abort.
>
> How can I stop that from running? I don't want any packages removed from my
> system unless I say so. Twice now I have used the aptitude GUI, and deleted
> big chunks of my system that I had to reinstall.
>
> Consequently, I am now staying away from that GUI and am running it from the
> CL.
>
> Rob
> --
It was this behaviour that led me to give up on aptitude. I've been
using wajig for many months now and find it to be excellent.
Anthony
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