On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 01:00:14PM +0100, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 01:39:04 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: > > I'll probably just go back to using apt-get, and probably everything > > will be fine until the next time I decide to try aptitude. Is there a > > compelling reason to bother? > > I like the "forbid-version" functionality (I run Sid and it is so much > more convenient than having to remember to remove apt pins or dpkg > holds), the interactive interface, the powerful search patterns, the > log, the convenient way to look at changelogs before downloading, and > the fact that I can fine-tune how recommendations are treated for > automatic (un)installing. I also have observed aptitude acting much > smarter in conflict resolution, for example if package "foo" gets split > into "foo" and "foo-data" in an upgrade. With apt-get this often > resulted in a "chicken-and-egg" problem since the new "foo-data" had > overlapping files with the old "foo" package and "foo" could not be > upgraded directly because the new "foo" depended on "foo-data". In such > situations I often had to break the tie manually, for example by > temporarily uninstalling "foo", with "--force" if necessary. Aptitude > solves this type of problem without user intervention by going some > clever two-step route. > > (Disclaimer: I have not used apt-get in a long time; it might have > learned some new tricks since I switched to aptitude.)
Nice list, but I try not to do anything fancy like pinning or forcing or holding, and apt-get has always seemed to work well enough. Logging is good, but I think that was just added to apt-get. The chicken and egg problem during major upgrades may/seems to be a reason, but apt-get has handled those well enough in my experience, maybe with a manual two-step. I have the impression that I can use aptitude search if it's better, but still use apt-get to install and upgrade without conflict. -- Ken Irving, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
