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From: Harald Meyer on 14 Apr 2010 18:06 Marten Kemp wrote: > As I recall it, I got the message when I entered > a plus sign next to apache2-doc. I entered 'apache,' > which reduced the number of packages displayed but > the message reappeared when I tried to install > apache2-doc. Same result with 'apache2' and > 'apache2-doc.' > > I still can't figure out exactly _why_ that message > appeared in the first place. As it was said in the other thread, apparently you messed up your key bindings. Fix them, or rm ~/.aptitude/config to use the factory defaults.
From: Marten Kemp on 14 Apr 2010 19:52 Harald Meyer wrote: > Marten Kemp wrote: > >> As I recall it, I got the message when I entered >> a plus sign next to apache2-doc. I entered 'apache,' >> which reduced the number of packages displayed but >> the message reappeared when I tried to install >> apache2-doc. Same result with 'apache2' and >> 'apache2-doc.' >> >> I still can't figure out exactly _why_ that message >> appeared in the first place. > > As it was said in the other thread, apparently you messed up your key bindings. > Fix them, or rm ~/.aptitude/config to use the factory defaults. ~/.aptitude/config is a zero-length file. I guess I missed the other thread. Exactly what in my key bindings could cause this behavior? By the way, the message hasn't appeared recently, possibly because I purged off all the Gnome and other GUI stuff which greatly reduced the number of installed packages. -- -- Marten Kemp (Fix ISP to reply) You can't help being ignorant 'cause there's always something you don't know; what you can't be is stupid.
From: Darren Salt on 15 Apr 2010 08:27 I demand that Marten Kemp may or may not have written... > Harald Meyer wrote: ["enter the new package tree limit"] > As I recall it, I got the message when I entered a plus sign next to > apache2-doc. Not likely. You'd have to press 'l'. > I entered 'apache,' which reduced the number of packages displayed Exactly "apache,"? > but the message reappeared when I tried to install apache2-doc. Same result > with 'apache2' and 'apache2-doc.' You'd have to have those packages listed first... > I still can't figure out exactly _why_ that message appeared in the first > place. You pressed 'l'? > I really think that it's the result of a fall-through in the program logic. > The message doesn't make any sense, either. It makes perfect sense (if you read the documentation). > If there's some kind of internal limitation then why doesn't the message > say so? Because it's asking you set set a limit... (I use this feature on occasion. Sometimes to limit by package name, sometimes to limit by version, e.g. "~V1\.7" to limit to those packages with "1.7" in their version strings, or distribution.) -- | Darren Salt | linux at youmustbejoking | nr. Ashington, | Toon | using Debian GNU/Linux | or ds ,demon,co,uk | Northumberland | Army | + They're after you... Law of Insurance and Taxes - Whatever goes up, stays up.
From: Marten Kemp on 15 Apr 2010 16:30
Darren Salt wrote: > I demand that Marten Kemp may or may not have written... > >> Harald Meyer wrote: > ["enter the new package tree limit"] >> As I recall it, I got the message when I entered a plus sign next to >> apache2-doc. > > Not likely. You'd have to press 'l'. > >> I entered 'apache,' which reduced the number of packages displayed > > Exactly "apache,"? > >> but the message reappeared when I tried to install apache2-doc. Same result >> with 'apache2' and 'apache2-doc.' > > You'd have to have those packages listed first... > >> I still can't figure out exactly _why_ that message appeared in the first >> place. > > You pressed 'l'? > >> I really think that it's the result of a fall-through in the program logic. >> The message doesn't make any sense, either. > > It makes perfect sense (if you read the documentation). > >> If there's some kind of internal limitation then why doesn't the message >> say so? > > Because it's asking you set set a limit... > > (I use this feature on occasion. Sometimes to limit by package name, > sometimes to limit by version, e.g. "~V1\.7" to limit to those packages with > "1.7" in their version strings, or distribution.) And why did this behavior persist across multiple invocations of aptitude and across cold reboots? No, I didn't press 'l'. -- -- Marten Kemp (Fix ISP to reply) You can't help being ignorant 'cause there's always something you don't know; what you can't be is stupid. |