I'm open to changes assuming that's installed by default on Debian and Ubuntu and most variants...
On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Michael Wozniak <[email protected]> wrote: > I usually use "dist" which does "dist-upgrade" which works for me without > aptitude. > > I think dist-upgrade makes more sense anyway. > > I found this online describing the difference: > > From the man-page: > > "upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently > installed on the system > ... > dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also > intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages" > > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I came from running Debian a long time ago, and have been an apt-get user >> for a long time. >> >> Aptitude support came in with a patch for upgrade modes, as is noted >> below. If these can be done without aptitude cleanly, >> I am quite open to it, unless other longtime Ubuntu/Debian folks have >> suggestions as to why we should not. >> >> - Three of the upgrade modes (C(full), C(safe) and its alias C(yes)) >> require C(aptitude), otherwise C(apt-get) suffices. >> >> On Fri, Oct 24, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Serge van Ginderachter < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On 24 October 2014 16:29, Goran Jurić <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I am running multiple services on lean (minimal) containers on Debian >>>> and aptitude package needs to be installed on the target system if you want >>>> to run: >>>> >>>> "apt: upgrade=full" command >>>> >>>> Is there a command that does the same but uses apt-get instead? >>>> >>> >>> Right now, the ansible apt module doesn't give you that choice, no. >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Installing aptitude pulls in a bunch of dependencies and I would like >>>> to avoid that if possible. >>>> >>> >>> >>> This is actually a good question. Even as a longtime Debian/Ubuntu >>> user, I still find it confusing to choose between apt-get and aptitude. >>> So far, the ansible module doesn't give an admin the choice here, which >>> he would have been accustomed (or not) to have when doing things manually. >>> >>> Perhaps this should be revisited, and let the module e.g. use at-get by >>> default, and aptitude as an option? >>> Also, keep in mind that some functionalities (updating sources I >>> believe) are not done by cli directly, but by a python library. >>> >>> >>> Thoughts, fellow more-expert-Debian users? >>> >>> >>> Serge >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Ansible Project" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEhzMJAFPwPtze%2BfGEPZW7d_DxxHD_j5jLu4ap6XGhB4fTNnVA%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CAEhzMJAFPwPtze%2BfGEPZW7d_DxxHD_j5jLu4ap6XGhB4fTNnVA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Ansible Project" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwHvw16LDCWMocg7RoRmJ_XJXZb5%2BJ084iYgqjXAGp2Ew%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgwHvw16LDCWMocg7RoRmJ_XJXZb5%2BJ084iYgqjXAGp2Ew%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ansible Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CALGZhhs%2BFjuSJW2YjW%2B8QgYd2auDNNAKSq1SRfUyh7foHaPuJg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CALGZhhs%2BFjuSJW2YjW%2B8QgYd2auDNNAKSq1SRfUyh7foHaPuJg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ansible Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/ansible-project/CA%2BnsWgyoi_PebfUj92Si_8qVUFpDKa5gt907nj5a%2B%3DiieUXpog%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
