On 9 March 2013 00:25, Axel Beckert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: >> > # aptitude -P -o 'Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Hints=reject openssh-server >> > :UNINST' full-upgrade '~U' openssh-client+ openssh-server: >> >> The documentation (both _Configuring resolver hints_ and >> _Configuration file reference_) defines this option as a _group_. It >> is the group members whose values are effective, not the value of the >> group itself. The correct syntax is: >> >> -o 'Aptitude::ProblemResolver::Hints::=reject openssh-server :UNINST' > > Ah, thanks! I thought I may have missed something obvious, but I > didn't notice that subtle detail.
It also took me a while to understand the syntax of ‘Foo::=’; one of the finer points in learner apt.conf. > > Thanks for the help, it indeed works like a charm that way! Glad to see it working now. _______________________________________________ Aptitude-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/aptitude-devel
