Daniel Burrows wrote: > Bug #299009 is AFAIK about the fact that aptitude produces different > dependency resolutions from the visual UI versus the command-line. This > is because the command-line has more context about what the user is > doing and tweaks the resolver accordingly.
Would you elaborate on that, please? I don't get why the command line has more context. In your response to that bug report you said: > At the command-line, aptitude knows that its job > is to perform a certain set of actions and preferably as few others as > possible (for instance, "aptitude install X Y Z" should install packages > X, Y, and Z). <snip> > In visual mode, in contrast, the interaction between the user and the > program is a lot more open-ended, and it's a lot trickier to figure out > exactly what the user wants (in fact, I'm not sure it's even possible in > principle). I fail to see the difference between "aptitude install X Y Z" and going into the visual mode and then marking X Y Z for installation. Where is the extra information? -- Felipe Sateler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
