"aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package [aptitude has no --purge]
Bug #234184 reported by
Daniel Hahler
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aptitude (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Medium
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: aptitude
"sudo aptitude remove --purge hello" is not the same as "sudo aptitude purge hello".
The "--purge" option gets recognized by aptitude but does not cause purging of the package (unlike "apt-get remove --purge").
This is with aptitude 0.4.9-2ubuntu5 on Ubuntu Hardy.
TEST CASE:
1. sudo apt-get install hello
2. sudo aptitude remove --purge hello
=> Look for "{p}" in the package list. (should not be there)
| Changed in aptitude: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Medium |
| Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | nobody → Abhishek kumar singh (abhishekkumarsingh-cse) |
| status: | New → In Progress |
| Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
| assignee: | Abhishek kumar singh (abhishekkumarsingh-cse) → nobody |
| status: | In Progress → New |
Revision history for this message
| Daniel Hartwig (wigs) wrote | #1 |
| summary: |
- "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package + "aptitude remove --purge" does not purge package [aptitude has no + --purge] |
| Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
Revision history for this message
| Rolf Leggewie (r0lf) wrote | #2 |
| Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Confirmed → Incomplete |
Revision history for this message
| Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote | #3 |
| Changed in aptitude (Ubuntu): | |
| status: | Incomplete → Expired |
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Aptitude has no option ‘--purge’, this command line actually triggers ‘--purge-unused’ whose behaviour is correct. In the future we will support ‘--purge’ as apt-get does and also fail for unrecognized options.
This is importance: wishlist and not higher as there is no documented expectation for a ‘--purge’ option.