On 27/02/2008, Daniel Burrows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 10:33:45AM +0000, Robin < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > > Why should you have to mark all the packages you want to keep? It is the > > wrong way round from a user perspective. > > > Because they were originally installed as a dependency of another > package. aptitude has no way to know that gnome-desktop (eg) is a fake > package whose dependencies should be kept on if it gets removed, so if > you want to get automatic removal of unused packages, you end up with > situations like this. > > If you don't care about this feature, you can turn it off under > Options/Dependency Handling by disabling "Remove unused packages > automatically", or add "Aptitude::Delete-Unused false;" to > /etc/apt/apt.conf. > > > Daniel > > I know why it does it, what I'm saying is the default behaviour is wrong. A user new to debian/aptitude is unlikely to understand that it is a configuration option that needs to be turned off, whereas a more experienced/technical user is more likely to have the knowledge to turn the option on.
-- rob http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/team/viewTeamInfo.do?teamId=82BS4ZCMFR1
