Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.8.2-1 Severity: wishlist Actually lines like @@HERE@@ below look like they are doing nothing, so perhaps should instead optionally give "full disclosure" that they really are in fact changing certain things.
# aptitude install The following NEW packages will be installed: libqpdf8 0 packages upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 335 kB of archives. After unpacking 782 kB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] n # aptitude purge libqpdf8 No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. @@HERE@@ Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] y # aptitude install No packages will be installed, upgraded, or removed. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 0 B will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] Perhaps add "and 1 uninstalled package's install flag unset"... OK, I do recall mentioning similar cases... for the forbid actions... _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
