On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> wrote: > On Lu, 05 mai 14, 04:05:28, Tom H wrote: >> On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Andrei POPESCU <[email protected]> >> wrote:
>>> If one is watching for new packages it also makes sense to clear the >>> list from time to time: >>> >>> aptitude --forget-new >> >> Thanks for the explanation. I stored "~N" in my memory but I've never >> tried it even though I've often wondered about it... The "forget-new" >> verb clears up my question(s). By the way, it's "aptitude forget-new", >> without the hyphens. I'd never noticed this option before! > > Oh, thanks for spotting it, I wrote that from memory (shame on me). You're welcome. This business of hyphenated and unhyphenated options (or whatever we call the unhyphenated ones) is a pain to remember with rarely-used or new commands. I used to get certain options wrong reguilarly when I first started using systemctl... >> I don't understand why you wouldn't want to restrict the search to >> wheezy-backports. If the OP only wants to see new wheezy-backports >> packages, why should his search be cluttered up with new wheezy, >> wheezy-updates, and wheezy/updates packages? > > Personally I don't care, it's up to the OP, but as far as I'm concerned > the additional filtering is not worth the effort. Fair enough! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SygBMUWbf52aqS63rgCTut=5vzp58ajx2o4r2rsa8v...@mail.gmail.com
