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Re: apt-listbugs behavior (was libpangocairo and gimp...)



On Sat, Jan 27, 2007 at 08:49:08PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 12:15:19AM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 12:12:44PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
> > > use aptitude interactively and ':' will hold a package at its current
> > > level. also, '?' within apt-listbugs allows you to pin the packages,
> > > but I've not tried it to determine the results.
> > 
> > That is a bit confusing because '?' is normally(?) the help key. 
> 
> Heh, I meant 'some character I can't remember' will pin the
> package. You are correct '?' will give you help, though that's at
> least as good as 'whatever character I couldn't remember'
> 
> :)

Oh, OK but since the ? was quoted I thought you meant it explicitly.

Hopefully there are no programs where <F1> or ? does anything other
than help.

mmm watching newbies trying Vim and pressing 'q' to quit ... 

-- 
Chris.
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" ... the official version cannot be abandoned because the implication of
rejecting it is far too disturbing: that we are subject to a government
conspiracy of `X-Files' proportions and insidiousness."
Letter to the LA Times Magazine, September 18, 2005.



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