Re: Is this bug in aptitude?
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 07:10:38PM +0100, Wackojacko <wackojacko32@ntlworld.com> was heard to say:
> Daniel Burrows wrote:
>>>> So why does aptitude want to remove package b in the first place?
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>> Aptitude tries to remove automatically installed packages. If you
>>> manually install them, aptitude won't try to do this. It's not a bug.
>>
>> It is interesting that "install a b" doesn't flag "b" as manual.
>
> I don't know whether you saw my earlier message
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/08/msg02156.html but the OP has
> testing and unstable in his sources list and is doing
>
> #aptitude install -t unstable a
>
> so wouldn't this remove any testing packages that conflict with a or any
> of its dependencies?
Yes, but that's not why they were being removed; his example quite
clearly showed that they were removed because they were unused (the "u"
flag after each one says that). He also said that the packages being
removed could be installed afterwards, which wouldn't be the case if
they were not installable.
Daniel
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