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Re: I don't understand the new aptitude



On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 11:03:47AM +0200, Dan H wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I can't get my head around the (as of etch) newfangled aptitude
> dependency handling procedure. As an example, I'm trying to install
> texlive. As soon as I hit '+', I see this cryptic message in the bottom
> line:
> 
> [1(1)/...] Suggest 2 installs, 4 keeps
> w: examine !: apply ...
 
> The sarge aptitude used to be less unwieldy.
> 

I've never seen this.  In Options, Dependancies, do you have
"Automatically resolve dependancies of a package when it selected"
selected?

Doug.



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