Re: apt-get will upgrade aptitude will not
On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 05:01:57PM +0100, Alberto Fuentes wrote:
> On 21/03/12 07:08, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >Remember, Aptitude's "resolver system" is different to apt-get's
>
> I think the problem is not the the resolver (apt-get and aptitude
> should get dependences about the same if not problem found, and
> therefore "aptitude full-upgrade" should do the same as "apt-get
> dist-upgrade" thats it, bring all packages up to date following the
> pinning system and install and remove packaged when needed.
It seems so simple doesn't it.
> Im not sure (nor im sure how to check it if thats the case) but I
> think it may have to do with the database of how packages where
> installed. If you install some packages with aptitude and others
> with apt-get and then remove a third one with aptitude again, MAYBE
> the auto and manual installation flag in some packages goes crazy as
> they are handled in separate db (AAFAIK)
That used to be the case.
If you do some research (duckduckgo.com¹ can help here) you will find
that a) package dependency resolution is not an easy task and b) apt-get
and aptitude no longer use different databases.
¹ http://donttrack.us/
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