On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 12:10 PM, msl09 <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 12, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Dmitrii Kashin <[email protected]> wrote: >> Tom H <[email protected]> writes: >>>>> >>>>> Have you filed a bug report about aptitude breaking apt (whatever >>>>> that means!) or is this just FUD? >>>> >>>> No, I have not. Because it is normal aptitude's behaviour. >>>> >>>> It was a cognitive case... >>> >>> You start out by replying that this isn't a bug but normal for >>> aptitude! >> >> Yes, it's normal for aptitude, but isn't it ugliness? >>> >>> And I agree. >>> >>> Aptitude gives you the option to to install a piece of software >>> without a hard dependency (and then dealing with the consequences) or >>> of overriding a previous choice of software installation. >>> >>> It gives you a choice! It doesn't install packages that breaks your >>> installation or conflicts with your requirements without your consent! >> >> Great. It gives me a choice to break my system, and the only thing that >> separates me from it is the letter 'y'. Thanks. I do not like this >> choice. I would prefer not to have it. >>> >>> Not only is aptitude not broken but it doesn't break apt since you can >>> still use apt-get/aptitude to install other packages. >> >> Did you read carefully. or your aim is to start a new holywar? > > Oh I have fond memories of aptitude breaking my system. Once it > suggested me to remove most of my system, including apt, I thought it > was going to upgrade it so I confirmed it. I had to reinstall apt from > the debian packages website. > > In this new installation I gave it another try but when it started > suggesting very weird plans (like remove all gnome packages) I happily > went back to apt and never looked back.
Please don't top-post. If aptitude's such a destructive package, why is it still in the repositories? I suspect that the problem's in the examples above are simply PEBKAC. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=Sxnmmf4XT2c4WmkVE81RoUXuEFQ9vV+=y0rahyczxi...@mail.gmail.com
