Ticket #68 (new enhancement)

Opened 12 months ago

Last modified 12 months ago

do not install aptitude by default

Reported by: jrollins Owned by: jrollins
Priority: major Component: debirf
Keywords: Cc:

Description

i would like to not have to install aptitude by default. however, for some unknown reason, apt-get is insisting on installing some very unwanted recommends for some packages (see source:trunk/debirf/fs/usr/share/debirf/modules/rescue). using aptitude, which is also insisting on trying to install recommends, appears to be the only way around it right now.

Change History

Changed 12 months ago by dkg

So it looks like you're using the trailing - as meaning "package forbidden" to work around things with aptitude. Does this syntax not also work with apt-get?

Can you say why you're opposed to aptitude?

Changed 12 months ago by jrollins

i just wanted to make the debirf base as minimal as possible so that the minimal profile is as small as possible.

Changed 12 months ago by jrollins

there are now 2 dependencies on aptitude (in install-kernel and rescue modules) that are hard to get around.

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