[Aptitude-devel] Bug#738350: Bug#738350: Bug#738350: aptitude: "Reconfiguring" missing in Package submenu

[Daniel Hartwig]

On 3 March 2014 08:21, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
<manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2014-03-03 0:12 GMT+00:00 Daniel Hartwig <mandyke at gmail.com>:
>> On 3 March 2014 03:12, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
>> <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 2014-02-09 16:41 GMT+00:00 Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo
>>> <manuel.montezelo at gmail.com>:
>>>> Another option would be to have them in after a separator, like
>>>> "Information", "Cycle package information" and "Changelog".  In fact,
>>>> Changelog is a "immediate" action much like Reportbug, isn't it?
>>>>
>>>> "Information" and "Cycle" are also immediate.
>>>>
>>
>>>> BTW, I think that perhaps "Reconfigure" should not be so immediate,
>>>> and behave like "Reinstall" instead.
>>
>> Does apt support this?
>
> It calls dpkg-reconfigure directly.  For me it would make more sense
> if we can hold the action until hitting "g", as the rest of the
> actions do, including Reinstall.
>

So the answer is: no.

>
>>> What to do about this one?
>>>
>>
>> What are you suggesting to do?
>
> As I said "reportbug" (now gone) is an "immediate" action, so like
> "chagelog".  "reconfigure", if keeps being "immediate", also here (or
> perhaps with its own separator, since it's somewhat different than the
> other ones, performing an action on the package rather than simply
> gathering and showing information).
>
> If it holds until pressing "g" and confirming, like "reinstall", I
> would put it besides "reinstall".
>

Seems you have it all figured out.  Lets see a patch.