[Aptitude-devel] Bug#724032: I thought I said install

jidanni at jidanni.org jidanni at jidanni.org
Sun Sep 22 12:50:05 BST 2013


Package: aptitude
Version: 0.6.8.2-1.2
Severity: wishlist

I thought I said install. So I just hit return. Looking closer I see it
was asking me about removing them.

Well OK, I'm sure it has its logic and mother knows best, but well... never mind.

# aptitude search ~U
i A tcl8.5                          - Tcl (the Tool Command Language) v8.5 - she
i A tk8.5                           - Tk toolkit for Tcl and X11, v8.5 - windowi
i A xserver-xorg-core               - Xorg X server - core server
# aptitude install ~U~n8
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  tcl8.5{pu} (D: tk8.5)  tk8.5{pu}
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 6,669 kB will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
(Reading database ... 146398 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing tk8.5 ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/wish8.4 to provide /usr/bin/wish (wish) in auto mode
Purging configuration files for tk8.5 ...
Removing tcl8.5 ...
update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/tclsh8.4 to provide /usr/bin/tclsh (tclsh) in auto mode
Purging configuration files for tcl8.5 ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin ...
Processing triggers for menu ...

Current status: 1 update [-2].



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