Hi Holger, On Monday 04 July 2011 at 06:20:57, Holger Parplies wrote: > Thilo Uttendorfer wrote on 2011-06-29 17:53:49 +0200 [PACKAGES remove]: > > I have a problem concerning "PACKAGES remove" in package_config files. I > > want some packages to be removed, lets say p1, p2 and p3. This works as > > expected as long as the mirror knows about all these packages. [...] > > > > Anyone else have this problem and maybe a smarter solution? > > I don't have the problem, but wouldn't you get exactly the same with > > PACKAGES aptitude > p1- > p2- > p3- > > In fact, I *have* used "PACKAGES aptitude" with "package-" to remove > packages (dhcp3-client, dhcp3-common ...) in the past, probably because > until now I didn't know "PACKAGES remove" existed ;-).
that sounds like a reasonable solution without patching fai. Thanks, I didn't thought about using "-". > That said, changing "PACKAGES remove" to use aptitude would seem to be a > good idea. Is there any reason *not* to do that, i.e. does aptitude's > strategy for removing packages differ from apt-get's? AFAIK aptitude is smarter in resolving dependency issues, but that should probably not affect fai-installs. Also, aptitude removes auto-installed packages while apt-get won't do that (you need to execute "apt-get autoremove"). So I don't really know what will happen to systems that were installed with apt-get. New system installs where you use only aptitude should work but I guess they could differ a little bit from systems installed with apt-get. Maybe someone with deeper knowledge about apt-get/aptitude can clarify this topic? Regards, Thilo -- Thilo Uttendorfer Linux Information Systems AG Putzbrunner Str. 71, 81739 München Fon: +49 89 993412-11, Fax: +49 89 993412-99 [email protected], http://www.linux-ag.com
