[Aptitude-devel] Bug#938946: -t ignored with reinstall

[Sven Joachim]

On 2019-08-30 21:27 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.8.12-1
>
> # aptitude -t sid reinstall package
> ignores the -t. Which is too bad.

Using -t here makes no sense, as the "reinstall" command will only ever
reinstall whatever version is currently installed.  If you want a
particular version of the package, use the "install" command and specify
the version or archive, as mentioned in the manpage:

,----
| To select a particular version of the package, append “=<version>”
| to the package name: for instance, “aptitude install apt=0.3.1”.
| Similarly, to select a package from a particular archive, append
| “/<archive>” to the package name: for instance, “aptitude install
| apt/experimental”. You cannot specify both an archive and a version
| for a package.
`----

IOW, "aptitude install package/sid" is what you should use.

Cheers,
       Sven