[Joey == [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Tue, 30 Dec 2003 16:44:19 -0500] >> But I am not sure whether aptitude is a good choice for d-i.
>> Surely aptitude is a great tool, but sometimes it choses some >> pretty unlikely packets to resolve dependencies (e.g. xscreensaver >> recommends "wordlist", which aptitude resolved by selecting >> wcatalan instead of wamerican). Joey> The recommends behavior could perhaps be improved. I've found that just changing the default in aptitude to "don't install recommends" has helped trememdously in keeping a clean debian box. In my unreleased mini-distro, I use the following apt-conf.conf file: -- begin apt-conf.conf -- aptitude ""; aptitude::UI ""; aptitude::UI::New-Package-Commands "true"; aptitude::UI::Package-Header-Format "%N %n #%B %u %o"; aptitude::UI::Package-Status-Format "%d"; aptitude::UI::Package-Display-Format "%c%a%M %p #%v%V"; aptitude::UI::Default-Grouping "filter(missing),task,status,section(subdir,passthrough),section(topdir)"; aptitude::UI::Advance-On-Action "true"; aptitude::UI::Description-Visible-By-Default "true"; aptitude::UI::Minibuf-Download-Bar "false"; aptitude::UI::Pause-After-Download "false"; aptitude::UI::Prompt-On-Exit "false"; aptitude::UI::Exit-On-Last-Close "false"; aptitude::UI::Incremental-Search "true"; aptitude::UI::Minibuf-Prompts "true"; aptitude::UI::Menubar-Autohide "true"; aptitude::UI::HelpBar "true"; aptitude::Pkg-Display-Limit ""; aptitude::Delete-Unused-Pattern ""; aptitude::Delete-Unused "true"; aptitude::Suggests-Important "false"; aptitude::Recommends-Important "false"; aptitude::Auto-Fix-Broken "true"; aptitude::Auto-Install "true"; aptitude::Log "/var/log/aptitude"; aptitude::Warn-Not-Root "true"; aptitude::Forget-New-On-Install "false"; aptitude::Forget-New-On-Update "true"; aptitude::Display-Planned-Action "true"; aptitude::Changelog-URL-Template "http://cgi.debian.org/cgi-bin/get-changelog?package=%s";; aptitude::AutoClean-After-Update "true"; aptitude::Auto-Upgrade "true"; -- end -- (I recall that some of these are the defaults, just pulled into this file for reference.) Probably no single configuration will make even a majority of users happy. If I recall correctly, the aptitude maintainer is pretty happy with the defaults, though presumably would consider changes if there was a community uprising. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "We suffer primarily not from our vices or our weaknesses, but from our illusions. We are haunted, not by reality, but by those images we have put in place of reality." - Daniel J. Boorstin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
