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Re: upgrading in sid



On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 12:00:42PM -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> was heard to say:
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> On 12/31/07 11:42, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> >   I don't know any reason that mixing apt-get and aptitude should cause
> > problems, particularly this problem.
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> Don't apt-{get,cache} and aptitude track dependencies in different
> manners, using different data stores?

  No.  Only some aptitude-specific features (like saving your planned
actions and tracking new packages) are tracked outside the apt cache.
In etch this also includes remembering which packages are automatically
installed.

  Daniel


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