Bug#429551: Remove /usr/bin/apt-get from apt, include (or depend) aptitude
Package: apt
Version: 0.6.46.4-0.1
Severity: normal
The current apt package includes /usr/bin/apt-get.
The prior stable release (4.0 "etch") of Debian specifies aptitude as
the preferred package management front-end for apt, specified in
multiple places, e.g.: Release Notes for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 ("etch")
section 2.1.1 "Package Management"
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html
There's considerable confusion in support channels and documentation
over whether apt-get or aptitude should be used for package maintenance.
It would be preferred if Debian's own package management tool reflected
documentation in _not_ including by default the deprecated package
management tool.
Suggestion: split apt-get into its own separate package. Change
dependency on aptitude from "Suggests" to "Depends".
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Cache-Limit "50331648";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::sourceparts "sources.list.d";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
DPkg::Post-Invoke "";
DPkg::Post-Invoke:: "if [ -x /usr/bin/debsums ]; then /usr/bin/debsums --generate=nocheck -sp /var/cache/apt/archives; fi";
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 950
Package: *
Pin: release a=stable
Pin-Priority: 750
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 400
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://ftp.debian.org sarge main
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Mirrors tried. See /var/lib/apt-spy/mirrors.txt (or
# http://www.debian.org/mirrors/) for listing
#
# http.us.debian.org /debian/
# linux.csua.berkeley.edu /debian/
# mirror.anl.gov /debian/
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Testing
deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# jdeb http://mirror.anl.gov/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
# Testing security
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
# Unstable
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb http://mirror.anl.gov/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://mirror.anl.gov/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free
# Stable
deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
# deb http://mirror.anl.gov/debian stable main contrib non-free
# Stable security
deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# Extras
# ------------------------------------------------------------
# Mmmmultimedia....
deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (950, 'testing'), (750, 'stable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (400, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-4-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.02.19-0.1 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.5-9+b1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2-20070528-1 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.2-20070528-1 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
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