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Re: aptitude --purge



jidanni@jidanni.org wrote:
> I find no way in aptitude to
> # aptitude install telnet-ssl
> Reading package lists... Done  <- Get rid of these messages, and
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   telnet-ssl
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
>   telnet{a} <- also purge instead of removing. I.e., nothing like
> APT::Get::Purge. The undocumented --purge doesn't work like apt-get's.
> One must follow with a
> # aptitude purge ~c
> to clean up the mess.
> 
> 
You are not right. Purge is {p}, not {a}.

-- 
Eugene V. Lyubimkin aka JackYF, Ukrainian C++ developer.

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