On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 11:24 AM, Andrei Popescu <andreimpope...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Lu, 31 mai 10, 10:19:46, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > > What's the status? > > - aptitude better? > > - apt-get better? > > From the top of my head (assuming you only use aptitude in command-line > mode): > > advantages: > + the resolver is more complex and *usually* gets the dependencies > better than apt-get > + removes automatically installed packages in one go, no need for a > separate command > + has an interactive dependency resolver even in command-line mode > + advanced search patterns > + has why and why-not command + you can play minesweeper (with curses ui of course) ! > > disadvantages: > - lacks 'source' command > - might be slower > - simple searches are much slower than apt-cache (but apt-cache lacks > advanced searches) > > differences: > * safe-upgrade allows package installs > > IMHO: for simple update/upgrade cycles and install/remove/purge on a > stable machine it probably doesn't matter, but if you do complex > upgrades (like they often happen in testing and unstable) aptitude's > interactive mode is unbeatable! > > Regards, > Andrei > -- > Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > > iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJMA4BhAAoJEHNWs3jeoi3p5yUH/1XS74/EvDQHoatma+nYVwof > vQ+/BYPrFPoLAiVC1Lv62qQcOf+IO3a1M4o8Jin1+oDMX1jSvQGeNOUANiIj0lt6 > 4vl7Ktm7f4aDRpjiO0ziPD80m5OuJOr3HedGyhgObd6zB6H77xXJ+Gi6z1vQ6t/X > odbFNr5eTfVHwaGwtrY7YHkMA/yVR31O3KLl4Ulxed+xy8MEuoNJ7kxbs8DXrOvg > GGotvWMXiWo8CWGo4nSe6QUdH5EM7wdwv0pkbfx93i64bJnHMdo4rqP8omDXaaF8 > B823se/IEEPc9P3J9+Oxgs48OsjJQfZSOahouzsQk1/nYC/yb8euVRIz0YEjme4= > =aEuC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > >
