On Wed, 19 Mar 2008, Lukasz Szybalski wrote: > Is it safe to recommend using aptitude in online documentation?
Yes, and it's what should be recommended generally. > Is there a replacement for apt-cache policy samba in aptitude > version? Just use apt-cache policy samba; aptitude obeys that just as much as apt-get does. > What about instalation pending state under aptitude ? If you've scheduled an install, it's going to be installed. If you don't want scheduled things to be installed, unschedule them using aptitude remove foopkg, or use foopkg: or similar. See aptitude's manpage for details. Don Armstrong -- No matter how many instances of white swans we may have observed, this does not justify the conclusion that all swans are white. -- Sir Karl Popper _Logic of Scientific Discovery_ http://www.donarmstrong.com http://rzlab.ucr.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
