Re: aptitude --purge
>>>>> "EVL" == Eugene V Lyubimkin <jackyf.devel@gmail.com> writes:
EVL> 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.
EVL> You are not right. Purge is {p}, not {a}.
Yes, I'm saying I want a {p} but all I can get is an {a}. This is bug
486454 apparently, which is quite easy to reproduce by installing back
and forth telnet and telnet-ssl back and forth back and forth.
There is no working -o option that will allow you to install and purge
the residue in one single command. You need to clean up the config
files with a second aptitude command. Note, I only use the command
line and not the curses interface.
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