On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 03:13:27PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: >> aptitude in etch is _much_ better at conflict resolution than the one >> in sarge. > Can you elaborate on the "much better"? Much better how or in which > specific cases?
Any case involving a non-ideal upgrade (ie. one with conflicts). aptitude in etch has a scoring algorithm that realizes that it's worse to fix a conflict by removing a package than installing two new ones or letting one stay un-upgraded; aptitude in sarge is nowhere near that. I haven't compared them for full sarge -> etch upgrades, but for regular use, the one in etch is markedly better. Why don't you ask the aptitude maintainer on the issue, BTW? > As a test by Bill Allombert has shown [1] that upgrading aptitude by > itself may lead to a number of package removals ...specifically because sarge's aptitude doesn't understand that it's better to solve the conflict by upgrading the other packages than removing them :-/ /* Steinar */ -- Homepage: http://www.sesse.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
