Re: aptitude --target target sarge xxx doesn't limit to sarge
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:47:45PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote:
> Paul E Condon wrote:
> >Think OP was trying to use "sarge", not "stable".
>
> Right.
>
> > I think apt does not recognize "sarge" or "woody" or "etch" etc.
>
> Does anyone know why? (Is it a bug in APT tools? Something wrong in my
> local mirror? Something else?)
>
I think it is a design flaw, more than an implementation bug. Speaking
from the outside of Debian, it seems that the 'design' of apt grew
over time. Whether 'stable' is an alias for 'sarge' or 'sarge' is an
alias for 'stable' is a big deal in a 'well designed' system, but this
issue seems not to have been resolved as apt was implemented. Now to
'fix' it would involve major rewrite of stuff that 'works quite
nicely, thankyou'. IMHO, its not going to happen.
And I really do thank all the developers for the existence of apt and
the packages that are available on it!
--
Paul E Condon
pecondon@mesanetworks.net
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