Re: Features Missing in Debian's Package Management System
On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:32:13 +0200, "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de> wrote:
> Additional to this, my suggestion:
>
> 1. An option, to read the changelog BEFORE a package is installed or upgraded.
apt-listchanges
> 2. An option, to see, which files will be installed BEFORE the first
> installation or at renewing (although, I think, apt-file might be able to
> handle this somehow, not sure)
Hm, what's interesting here? Config files are preserved if replaced by
the upgrade or left alone with the new file provided under a new name.
> 3. And last but not least: An option, to blacklisting broken packages! (very
> important)
Built in aptitude and with pinning possible with apt, but I know of no
tool to modify the config.
> mentioned kernel version above are broken. How are those problems handled? If
testing and unstable are meant to be used along together. no problem
running a mostly testing system with one or two hand picked packages
from unstable.
Peter
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