Re: aptitude --mind-your-own-business option?

["Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@oplink.net>]

* Ken Irving <fnkci@uaf.edu> [061202 04:52]:
> I've periodically tried using aptitude, but always get scared off
> when it seems to "run away".   I'm sure it knows what's best for my
> machine ;-), but is it possible to override this behavior?
...
> I'll probably just go back to using apt-get, and probably everything
> will be fine until the next time I decide to try aptitude.  Is there a
> compelling reason to bother?


Synaptic works.  Debian Etch installs synaptic by default.  For most
users, it is foolish to mess around with anything else.

RLH