Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude
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- Subject: Re: Apt-Get or Aptitude
- From: Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org>
- Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:01:53 -0700
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On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:35:02PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> was heard to say:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 08:19:58PM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> > On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:25:02AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West <andrew@farwestbilliards.com> was heard to say:
> > >
> > > this bothers me, since I mostly use aptitude. When I need a build-dep
> > > or source, I'm concerned that later aptitude may wipe something
> > > inadvertantly. Do you know if there are plans to implement these
> > > commands into aptitude? Or will apt-get always remain, so that its not
> > > a problem?
> >
> > aptitude shouldn't wipe out packages installed with apt-get, period
> > full stop.
>
> you know, that wasn't fair of me. I was once concerned about that
> problem, but have subsequently learned that it really doesn't
> happen. So i apologise if that came across wrong.
No, I just come down hard on this meme because it seems to have taken
on a life of its own and I'd like to squash it before it grows up into a
full-blown urban legend.
Daniel
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