On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 01:58:32PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> was heard to say: > One use case: > > dpkg --install package.deb > > Which happens to fail due to a missing dependency, and then: > > apt-get install -f > > I haven't tried it with aptitude recently but at least in the past (4-5 > monthes ago? not sure) it tried installing too much stuff. What do you mean by "too much stuff"? Daniel