[Pkg-puppet-devel] Bug#532398: Bug#532398: trying to pull packages from backports may introduce 'dependency hell'

[Jayen Ashar]

How can I set aptitude as my preferred package provider globally?  I 
can't find any documentation on it, and a google search for "global 
preferred package provider" (and variants) doesn't give me anything useful.

Is there any documentation on why apt-get is the default for 
debian/ubuntu, when aptitude is installed?

Thanks,
Jayen

Micah Anderson wrote:
> * Jayen Ashar <jayen at science.unsw.edu.au> [2009-06-09 02:04-0400]:
>> Package: puppet
>> Version: 0.24.8-1~bpo50+1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> I'm trying to push out openoffice 3 from lenny backports to some lenny 
>> machines, but it appears that I have to explicitly list each version of each 
>> package, thereby introducing 'dependency hell.'  perhaps puppet could use 
>> aptitude instead of apt-get?
> 
> Yes, you can set aptitude as your preferred package provider globally,
> or for individual operations.