Alexander Vlasov writes: > That's really strange. Have you read > /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README?
I didn't specify what problems I had, so I guess I don't see why it's necessarily strange. And, yes, for the record, I did read the documentation. I'd been running Linux for years before I gave up. > currently pkg has very rudimentary search ability, like you can't ask > `which packages were installed only to satifsy other packages' > dependencies', `show me all games' or `which packages has arrived into > repository since last update'. Some search abilities of aptitude aren't > even applicable in pkg since pkg doesn't have appropriate concepts (like > priorities; pkg only supports `preferred' and `other' repos, no > arrangement by-priority) The nasty problem I had with aptitude was (with Debian 'unstable'; 'stable' had too few features) wandering into dark corners with certain desired upgrades being prohibited because of a lack of version compatibility in other packages, and other upgrades causing still other bits to begin failing. The real issue, I suspect, is a lack of stability and basic architecture in the underlying system, but it shows through the packaging system as the most annoying sort of chaos. I had no problems searching for packages. I did have problems with random packages breaking over time. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <[email protected]> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677 _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
