I was able to reproducethe problem regarding the ~O usage in the grouping policy. Testing of this is affected by bug 252635 if the preferences are set in the aptitude window as they are not retained. Using the ~/.aptitude/config file works fine.
Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS with aptitude 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better! ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- Having Aptitude group packages by Origin & Archive https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/122249 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs