On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 11:48:39PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2004 at 01:03:22PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > There are apparently three package selection databases. These should be > > either unified or cross-validated: > > > > - dpkg > > - apt > > - aptitude > > > > Anyone else running into this? > > Karsten, don't bother. Every time someone brings up the fact that > aptitude, everyone's darling perfect child, does its own damn thing and > re-implements the status file... they get told to go away. > > What's even *better* is that command-line aptitude (insert random quote > about how aptitude is a drop-in replacement for apt-get, which it isn't) > and ncurses aptitude, *don't have the same behavior!* Ncurses aptitude > *does* honor the status file. > > Sometimes. > > I'm sorry, but dpkg is the *fundamental* tool. If you don't honor its > interfaces, you are *broken*. 'Nuff said.
Desired state of packages should never have been in /var/lib/dpkg/status in the first place. (And yes, I've had this discussion with the original author, who agreed ...) -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
