debfoster vs aptitude

2004-03-28 Thread Jeremy C B Nicoll
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually, you can. And aptitude will treat packages the same way as > apt-get if you adjust the settings. Can you give an example of how? -- Jeremy C B Nicoll - my opinions are my own. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: debfoster vs aptitude

2004-03-27 Thread Paul Johnson
Shot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if > you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionality is rather > limited, and you're commiting yourself to installing via aptitude in the > future - you can't quickly `apt-get inst

Re: debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)

2004-03-27 Thread Brian Brazil
On Sat, Mar 27, 2004 at 05:44:11PM +0100, Shot wrote: > Brian Brazil: > > Try aptitude. It keep track of packages > > that are manually/automatically installed. > > True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if > you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionali

debfoster vs aptitude (was: Re: Stripping KDE)

2004-03-27 Thread Shot
Hello. Brian Brazil: > Try aptitude. It keep track of packages > that are manually/automatically installed. True. But I remember aptitude had this all-or-nothing feeling to it; if you don't use aptitude from the beginning, this functionality is rather limited, and you're commiting yourself to in