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From: Daniel Burrows on 30 Apr 2010 10:40 On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 11:12:17AM +0000, R�mi Moyen <rmoyen(a)gmail.com> was heard to say: > 2010/2/11 Sven Joachim <svenjoac(a)gmx.de>: > > On 2010-02-11 08:30 +0100, Guy Marcenac wrote: > > > >> What is the meaning of [-107] in the status output of aptitude ? > >> Current status: 0 updates [-107] > > > > It means that there are 107 less than before, i.e. you have just > > upgraded 107 packages. > > I take the opportunity of this question (and apparently, someone who > knows a bit about aptitude), since I was also wondering about this... > > Is there someplace a full manual of the output of aptitude ? The command-line output of aptitude is somewhat underdocumented. Please feel free to submit bugs regarding bits of output that you think need documentation. I know there are lots of bug reports, but trust me, I do read them, and it's better to have those notes than to have an email lingering on some mailing list. > I haven't found a description of what this number means anywhere, and > I'm also puzzled on a lot of other outputs. For example, when > proposing an upgrade solution, aptitude says things like "indi > [4:3.5.5-1 (stable, stable, now) -> 4:3.5.8-1 (testing, unstable, > testing, unstable)]" I just tweaked this to uniquify and sort the strings, so you should just get "now, stable" and "testing, unstable" in future versions of aptitude (the multiple copies probably mean you have more than one source for each version, which isn't interesting to know in this output). Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100430143023.GD22310(a)emurlahn.burrows.local
From: Lisi on 30 Apr 2010 11:10 On Friday 30 April 2010 15:30:23 Daniel Burrows wrote: > The command-line output of aptitude is somewhat underdocumented. > Please feel free to submit bugs regarding bits of output that you think > need documentation. I know there are lots of bug reports, but trust me, > I do read them, and it's better to have those notes than to have an > email lingering on some mailing list. Daniel - (or anyone else who knows!) I have noted this. But for me it is a long-term solution. a) I have to be sure that what I am looking for is not there. It might just be I who am being blind. And b) I have to get my head round how to submit a bug. Meanwhile, I manage to get the answers to many of my questions by just waiting. One, however, continues to elude me. What does the A mean in <i A> at the beginning of a line in the results from an aptitude search? Thanks! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004301606.28225.lisi.reisz(a)gmail.com
From: Monique Y. Mudama on 30 Apr 2010 11:40 On Fri, Apr 30 at 16:06, Lisi penned: > > One, however, continues to elude me. What does the A mean in <i A> > at the beginning of a line in the results from an aptitude > search? > > Thanks! Lisi installed automatically. The "i" means installed. The "A" means that it was installed automatically due to a dependency, so if all packages depending on it are uninstalled, it will automatically be removed as well. -- monique -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100430154451.GI25336(a)mail.bounceswoosh.org
From: Lisi on 30 Apr 2010 13:40 On Friday 30 April 2010 16:44:52 Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > The "A" means that it was installed automatically due to a dependency, > so if all packages depending on it are uninstalled, it will > automatically be removed as well. Thanks! I had realised that "i" meant installed, but as large numbers of dependencies get installed automatically as far as I am concerned, I hadn't managed to work out that some of them got marked! Very few things seem actually to acquire the "A". Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201004301839.37084.lisi.reisz(a)gmail.com
From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. on 30 Apr 2010 14:20
On Friday 30 April 2010 12:39:36 Lisi wrote: > On Friday 30 April 2010 16:44:52 Monique Y. Mudama wrote: > > The "A" means that it was installed automatically due to a dependency, > > so if all packages depending on it are uninstalled, it will > > automatically be removed as well. > > Thanks! I had realised that "i" meant installed, but as large numbers of > dependencies get installed automatically as far as I am concerned, I hadn't > managed to work out that some of them got marked! Very few things seem > actually to acquire the "A". On my little VM I have 294 packages installed, 277 marked as automatically installed. I find that the more packages are automatically installed, the easier upgrades are, since aptitude seems more willing to preform a library transition on a "automatically installed" package. I try to only keep packages I know I am using un-marked. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss(a)iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/ |