Bug#893537: marked as done (apt: apt-get vs. aptitude)

To: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Subject: Bug#893537: marked as done (apt: apt-get vs. aptitude)
From: "Debian Bug Tracking System" <owner@bugs.debian.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 21:57:23 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] handler.893537.D893537.152149622231087.ackdone@bugs.debian.org>
Reply-to: 893537@bugs.debian.org
References: <20180319224850.GA25881@debian.org> <152148333638.6694.1106678612852126169.reportbug@localhost>

Your message dated Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:50:17 +0100
with message-id <20180319224850.GA25881@debian.org>
and subject line Re: Bug#893537: apt: apt-get vs. aptitude
has caused the Debian Bug report #893537,
regarding apt: apt-get vs. aptitude
to be marked as done.

This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with.
If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the
Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith.

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--- Begin Message ---

To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: apt: apt-get vs. aptitude
From: "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:15:36 +0100
Message-id: <152148333638.6694.1106678612852126169.reportbug@localhost>

Package: apt
Version: 1.6~beta1
Severity: wishlist

Dear Maintainer,

today I stumbled over the manual of apt (yes, there are still people, who read manuals).
I wondered, why apt is calling apt-get for upgrades and full-upgrades. Some time ago, I was told, that aptitude is now the preferred updating and upgrading tool before apt-get, as it has some more capability and options than apt-get.

And now, in apt, apt-get is called, when upgrading. Well, IMO, apt should call aptitude (in the commandline), instead of apt-get. Calling apt-get is (according to prior sayings) a big step backward. 

So, maybe this should be really discussed, I think. However, when there are reaonable grounds, to use apt-get instead of apt, please let me know and enlighten me.

Thank you for reading my little issue.

Best regards and happy hacking

Hans


-- Package-specific info:

-- apt-config dump --

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-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --


-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-metasploit.pref --

Package: metasploit*
Pin: origin downloads.metasploit.com
Pin-Priority: 1000

-- /etc/apt/preferences.d/pin-zaubberer --

Description: Force installation of tvbrowser from zaubberer
Package: tvbrowser
Pin: origin debian.zaubberer.net
Pin-Priority: 1001

Description: Force installation of tvbrowser from zaubberer
Package: zaubberer-archive-keyring
Pin: origin debian.zaubberer.net
Pin-Priority: 1001

Description: Force removal of all other zaubberer packages
Package: *
Pin: origin debian.zaubberer.net
Pin-Priority: -1

-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

# deb file:/var/cache/apt-build/repository/ apt-build main
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Linux-Magazin Special Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20040521)]/ unstable contrib main
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 _Sarge_ - Unofficial Cebit 2005 Prerelase i386/powerpc/amd64/hppa Binary-1 (20050222)(jj/mh/as/us)]/ unstable contrib main

# labview
# deb http://afs.kip.uni-heidelberg.de/software/Linux/LabVIEW/LabVIEW-9.0-fall_2009/debian/ testing non-free
# deb-src http://www.fkp.physik.tu-darmstadt.de/damaris/debian/ testing contrib


# Standard-Sources
deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free

# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

deb http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ testing main contrib non-free
deb-src http://debian.tu-bs.de/debian/ testing main contrib non-free

# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian squeeze-updates main

# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main contrib non-free

# deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free

# transcode and so on
# deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org/ testing main non-free
# deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main


# Sources of packages which are no more in the repository

# deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stretch-backports main contrib non-free
# deb http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/201202/11debian testing main
# deb-src http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/20120211/debian testing main


# crypto-box server
# deb ftp://systemausfall.org/toolforge/debian unstable main contrib non-free

# Java
# deb ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/languages/java/linux/debian/ unstable non-free

# tvbrowser
# deb http://debian.zaubberer.net/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
# deb http://debian.geole.info/ etch main contrib non-free


# opera
deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free

# ekiga
# deb http://snapshots.ekiga.net/snapshots/debian/ ./

# cinelerra
# deb http://giss.tv/~vale/debian64/ ./
# deb-src http://giss.tv/~vale/debian64/ ./

# webmin
# deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib

# skype
# deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

# eduke
# deb http://apt.duke4.net/ squeeze main
# deb-src http://apt.duke4.net/ stable main

# openvas
# deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/security:/OpenVAS:/UNSTABLE:/v6/Debian_7.0/ ./

## Depot MultiSystem
# deb http://liveusb.info/multisystem/depot all main

# mundus
# deb ftp://ozdocit.org/pub/easygp/ easygp main
# deb-src ftp://ozdocit.org/pub/easygp/ easygp main

# kali-linux
deb http://apt.metasploit.com sid main
# deb-src http://http.kali.org/kali kali main contrib non-free
# deb http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://security.kali.org/kali-security kali/updates main contrib non-free
# deb http://kovacsoltvideo.hu/moonchildproductions/ ./
# deb-src http://kovacsoltvideo.hu/moonchildproductions/ ./

-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/apt-build.list --


-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/metasploit-framework.list --

deb http://downloads.metasploit.com/data/releases/metasploit-framework/apt lucid main

-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/palemoon.list --

deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/stevenpusser/Debian_9.0/ /

-- /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list --

###   TeamViewer DEB repository list

### NOTE: Manual changes to this file
###        - prevent it from being updated by TeamViewer package updates
###        - will be lost after using the 'teamviewer repo' command
###       The original file can be restored with this command:
###       cp /opt/teamviewer/tv_bin/script/teamviewer.list /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teamviewer.list
###       which has the same effect as 'teamviewer repo default'

### NOTE: It is preferred to use the following commands to edit this file:
###       teamviewer repo                - show current repository configuration
###       teamviewer repo default        - restore default configuration
###       teamviewer repo disable        - disable the repository
###       teamviewer repo main [stable]  - make all TeamViewer packages available (default)
###       teamviewer repo tv13 [stable]  - make TeamViewer 13 packages available
###                             stable     omit preview and beta releases


### Choose stable main to receive updates for TeamViewer 13 and upcoming major releases
### Choose preview main to receive early updates for TeamViewer 13 and to receive major beta releases

### Choose stable tv13 to receive updates for TeamViewer 13
### Choose preview tv13 to receive early updates for TeamViewer 13

deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable main
deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb preview main

# deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb stable tv13
# deb http://linux.teamviewer.com/deb preview tv13

-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)

Kernel: Linux 4.15.0-1-686-pae (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE= (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.117
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2017.7
ii  gpgv                    2.2.5-1
ii  libapt-pkg5.0           1.6~beta1
ii  libc6                   2.27-2
ii  libgcc1                 1:8-20180312-2
ii  libgnutls30             3.5.18-1
ii  libseccomp2             2.3.1-2.1
ii  libstdc++6              8-20180312-2

Versions of packages apt recommends:
ii  ca-certificates  20170717

Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn  apt-doc         <none>
ii  aptitude        0.8.10-6
ii  dpkg-dev        1.19.0.5
ii  gnupg           2.2.5-1
ii  gnupg2          2.2.5-1
ii  powermgmt-base  1.32
ii  synaptic        0.84.2

-- no debconf information

--- End Message ---

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To: "Hans-J. Ullrich" <hans.ullrich@loop.de>, 893537-close@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#893537: apt: apt-get vs. aptitude
From: Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 22:50:17 +0100
Message-id: <20180319224850.GA25881@debian.org>
In-reply-to: <152148333638.6694.1106678612852126169.reportbug@localhost>
References: <152148333638.6694.1106678612852126169.reportbug@localhost>

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 07:15:36PM +0100, Hans-J. Ullrich wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.6~beta1
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Dear Maintainer,
> 
> today I stumbled over the manual of apt (yes, there are still people, who read manuals).
> I wondered, why apt is calling apt-get for upgrades and full-upgrades. Some time ago, I was told, that aptitude is now the preferred updating and upgrading tool before apt-get, as it has some more capability and options than apt-get.
> 
> And now, in apt, apt-get is called, when upgrading. Well, IMO, apt should call aptitude (in the commandline), instead of apt-get. Calling apt-get is (according to prior sayings) a big step backward. 
> 
> So, maybe this should be really discussed, I think. However, when there are reaonable grounds, to use apt-get instead of apt, please let me know and enlighten me.
> 
> Thank you for reading my little issue.
> 
> Best regards and happy hacking

aptitude is a separate tool, and not the recommended tool. It was recommended for one release cycle IIRC. The recommended
tools are apt(8) for interactive, and apt-get(8) and apt-cache(8) for scripted use.

-- 
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ubuntu core developer                              i speak de, en

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