tags 449391 + patch severity 449391 minor thanks Hi
Thanks for the suggestion. I'll write something similar to that. Best regards, // Ola On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 08:02:27PM +0000, Richard Lewis wrote: > On 05/11/2007, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Aptitude has so far not worked very well with wrapper programs such as > > cron-apt. > > > See also Bug#438537 for more discussion of this > > I see. (and indeed with > APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get > OPTIONS="-o quiet=1 -o Apt::Get::List-CleanUp=false -o > Dir::Etc::SourceList=/path/to/sources.list -o > Dir::Etc::SourceParts='/dev/null'" > > everything seems to work correctly) > > The reason i wanted aptitude is simply that the config file is full of > references to aptitude so i assumed it was safe to use it. > Specifically the comments at the top of the file suggest it is useful. > So i suggest clarifying the situation there a little, perhaps > something like: > > # The command used to execute all actions. By default, apt-get is used. > -# Change this to /usr/bin/aptitude to use aptitude instead, which will > -# resolve changed Recommends (and Suggests as well, if aptitude is so > -# configured). You can also set other utilities (especially useful in the > -# config.d directory) so set some completely different tool. > -# OBSERVE that this tool is indended for apt-get and tools like aptitude do > not > -# have full support for noninteractive upgrades. You may have to tune options > -# to not create infinit logfiles for example. > +# You can use any program you like here (or more usefully, you can > set a different value in any > +# file in config.d). > +# Note that although aptitude is the recommended tool for interactive > upgrades, > +# for cron-apt's purposes apt-get is better, and (for most > configurations) the extra > +# features of aptitude are not relevant here: you can use aptitude, > but it is not recommended. > +# If you do insist on using aptitude, you will > +# have to work around some of its bugs as described in later comments. > +# The default is /usr/bin/apt-get (see also > +# Debian bug #438537). > +# APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-get > +# APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/aptitude > +# APTCOMMAND=/usr/bin/apt-file > > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | http://opalsys.net/ +46 (0)70-332 1551 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
