Bug#257747: Let 'I' (InstallSingle) pull in required upgrades

[Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.net>]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:37:31PM -0400, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 01:23:16PM -0400, Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.net> was heard to say:
> > That is one issue, but not the problem I am talking about.  My issue is
> > that aptitude refuses to un-hold packages implicitly put on hold by 'I'.
> > I'm saying that the "hold" that 'I' puts packages on should mean "hold
> > unless an explicit install/upgrade of another package requires it to be
> > upgraded".  (Or, it could be a new command, and 'I' could be left the
> > same.
> 
>   That's exactly what it means, and every test I've run confirms it.
> The only time I've ever seen a package not be automatically upgraded is
> when the upgrade is in a non-default release.

Ok, sorry for being so stubborn; I was sure that this was a simple,
reproducible problem, but perhaps it is more subtle.  Anyhow, I guess it
will have to go on hold until I or someone else gets a chance to dig
deeper.

>   Just a thought, have you turned off the configuration option
> "Automatically resolve dependencies of a package when it is selected"?
> (that's Aptitude::Auto-Install in the configuration file)  That would
> produce the behavior you describe, because that option is only used in
> the visual interface (it doesn't affect the command-line).

No.  I'll post my config below just in case.

Andrew

aptitude "";
aptitude::UI "";
aptitude::UI::New-Package-Commands "true";
aptitude::UI::Package-Header-Format "%N %n #%B %u %o";
aptitude::UI::Package-Status-Format "%d";
aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M %p #%v%V";
aptitude::UI::Default-Grouping "filter(missing),task,status";
aptitude::UI::Advance-On-Action "true";
aptitude::UI::Description-Visible-By-Default "true";
aptitude::UI::Minibuf-Download-Bar "false";
aptitude::UI::Pause-After-Download "false";
aptitude::UI::Prompt-On-Exit "true";
aptitude::UI::Exit-On-Last-Close "true";
aptitude::UI::Incremental-Search "true";
aptitude::UI::Minibuf-Prompts "true";
aptitude::UI::Menubar-Autohide "true";
aptitude::UI::HelpBar "false";
aptitude::UI::Auto-Show-Reasons "true";
aptitude::Pkg-Display-Limit "";
aptitude::Auto-Install "true";
aptitude::Auto-Fix-Broken "true";
aptitude::Recommends-Important "false";
aptitude::Suggests-Important "false";
aptitude::Delete-Unused "true";
aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern "";
aptitude::Auto-Upgrade "true";
aptitude::AutoClean-After-Update "true";
aptitude::Changelog-URL-Template "http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/get-changelog?package=%s";;
aptitude::Display-Planned-Action "true";
aptitude::Forget-New-On-Update "false";
aptitude::Forget-New-On-Install "false";
aptitude::Warn-Not-Root "true";
aptitude::Log "/var/log/aptitude";