Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:03:14 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > >> Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes: >>> On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:31:11 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >>> >>>> Ubuntu has a "ppa-purge" script that not just removes Launchpad PPAs >>>> from sources.list, but also automatically reverts any packages >>>> installed from that PPA to the versions available in the official >>>> archives. >>> >>> The only idea scares me :-} >> >> Why? > > Package managing can be sometimes difficult to deal for an automated > routine and more that often needs human interaction. > > For instance, by default ppa-purge (or a similar script) is instructed to > remove non official versions of the packages in favor of the ones > available in Debian repositories.
Indeed, that's its intended use. > Fine, but reverting ffmpeg from D-M to > the official version it can be undesiderable or even break based on the > current pining and priorities (it can leave your system with mixed > libraries from differenet sources). If you don't want to revert to the official versions, then you shouldn't run a script whose purpose is to revert everything to the official versions. That is, however, not an argument against the usefulness of the script (or a reason to be scared of it). Best, -Nikolaus -- »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« PGP fingerprint: 5B93 61F8 4EA2 E279 ABF6 02CF A9AD B7F8 AE4E 425C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87vcm9n98c....@inspiron.ap.columbia.edu
