Vincent Lefevre <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: aptitude > Version: 0.6.4-1 > Severity: normal > > When I run aptitude as non-root, do changes (such as marking > packages as forbidden) and quit aptitude, these changes are > silently lost. > > Aptitude should propose to become root, either at the first > change or before it is quit.
A warning is displayed on the first change with instructions on becoming root, though this can be disabled. What is the value of 'aptitude::Suppress-Read-Only-Warning' in your configuration? $ apt-config -c .aptitude/config dump | grep -i aptitude::suppress-read-only-warning -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
