[Aptitude-devel] Bug#642800: show old and new dependencies on upgrade conflict

[Harald Dunkel]

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Hi Manuel,

On 12/01/15 22:35, Manuel A. Fernandez Montecelo wrote:
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> Changed, it will print from now on:
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> The following packages depend on cpp-5 and will be broken by its removal:
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> * cpp (upgraded, 4:5.2.1-6 -> 4:5.2.1-8) depends on cpp-5 (>= 5.2.1-13~) * gcc-5 (held/unchanged, 5.2.1-26) depends on cpp-5 (= 5.2.1-26)
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> The version with conflicts are either the one remaining unchanged; or if the package is changed (upgraded/downgraded, installed...), it's the target, "new" version.
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Thats cool. Many thanx

> 
> So marking as +pending.
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> 
> BTW, I suppose that you tried to do the right thing by removing +moreinfo, but for aptitude I sometimes use/misuse/abuse tags to mean something slightly different, and set the packages apart from the big bunches.
> 

I understand, but as a bug reporter, how am I supposed to know
how the package maintainer uses "moreinfo" in his environment?

IMU, "moreinfo" is a tag to mark the bug reports that are somehow
"assigned back" to the reporter. Maybe you should consider usertag
to define your own set of bug report tags, extending the regular
set? Just a suggestion, of course.


Regards
Harri