On Mon, 12 Mar 2012 11:13:07 -0400, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>> 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. Yup, and that's why I fear of such automatisms: they don't think what can be better for you on every case but execute. I would like they can be a bit more wise :-) >> 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. For me it can be useful to collect a list of the packages installed from a non-oficial source but I wouldn't rely on it to make any change. > That is, however, not an argument against the usefulness of the script > (or a reason to be scared of it). To me, yes. But don't take it as if I am against *this* precisely script because that's not the case. I also avoid performing unattended upgrades, for instance. You can see it as "the old dog experience". Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/jjl5ts$28k$9...@dough.gmane.org
