Bug#501588: aptitude should remove/purge packages before any upgrades/installs

2016-05-04 Thread Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
Control: severity -1 wishlist Control: tags -1 + wontfix Control: close -1 Hi, 2008-10-08 17:53 Jameson Graef Rollins: Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.8-1 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aptitude should give priority to removing and purging packages before

Bug#501588: aptitude should remove/purge packages before any upgrades/installs

2008-10-23 Thread Jens Seidel
Hi, I agree with this bug. Cleaning up the package database before installing new packages is a good idea. I now got the following problem which demonstrates this as well: (Reading database ... 249817 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking libgts-0.7-5 (from

Bug#501588: aptitude should remove/purge packages before any upgrades/installs

2008-10-08 Thread Jameson Graef Rollins
Package: aptitude Version: 0.4.11.8-1 Severity: normal -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aptitude should give priority to removing and purging packages before handling any other package installs or upgrades. In this way, things can be cleared out, space can be made, and complexity