Bug#837970: Apt simulation improvements

2016-09-16 Thread Kevin Mills
My request is more general than that. The idea is that you could chain *any* apt commands together as a single simulation. Such as, for example, a sequence consisting of: add-apt-repository -y ppa:footeam/foo apt -y update apt -y upgrade apt -y install foo bar However, install with "+" or "-"

Bug#837970: Apt simulation improvements

2016-09-16 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 10:06:55PM -0400, Kevin Mills wrote: > It should be possible to continue a simulation through several invocations > of apt. As it is, you can only do a simulation of one thing; you can't > simulate, for example, installing package X and removing package Y, only > one or the

Bug#837970: Apt simulation improvements

2016-09-15 Thread Kevin Mills
Package: apt Version: 1.2.12 Severity: wishlist It should be possible to continue a simulation through several invocations of apt. As it is, you can only do a simulation of one thing; you can't simulate, for example, installing package X and removing package Y, only one or the other. Perhaps an