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dbannon

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Re: Named range
« Reply #15 on: April 23, 2025, 02:37:59 am »
Quote from: Thaddy on April 22, 2025, 03:24:48 pm
It is the other way around regarding apt and apt-get but that does not matter ...
No, its not the other way around.  All versions of apt automatically resolve dependencies.  Current versions of apt-get do resolve dependencies but earlier (eg < u16.04)versions did not. There are still systems in use today with that older version of apt-get.  :(

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because one is an alias/symlink to the other.
While possible, I have never seen it. U16.04 - U24.04, Bookworm and Trixie are different binaries.  Both call underlying libraries such as libapt*.  The advice is to not use apt in (long lived) scripts because, unlike apt-get, its syntax may change over time. But for tasks like the OP's question, "apt" is the command to use, it has a simpler syntax and better error messages. dpkg is definitely not the command to use for such tasks, it can resolve dependencies but it is laborious to do so.

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Re: Named range
« Reply #16 on: April 23, 2025, 11:57:29 am »
Quote from: wp on April 22, 2025, 11:01:53 pm
As I wrote above this functionality is available in the SVN version, not yet in CCR. Please be patient, I am a one-man-band playing at too many parties.

That was almost year ago, thus I have assumed it is in OPM already, but seems it is not. I have tested SVN version back in time you wrote and it worked without problems.

It is hard to track all versions and sub-versions and testing and comparing with "official" version in OPM...
How long you estimate "official" version in OPM will be available with that functionality?
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Re: Named range
« Reply #17 on: April 23, 2025, 05:22:17 pm »
Quote from: dbannon on April 23, 2025, 02:37:59 am
Quote from: Thaddy on April 22, 2025, 03:24:48 pm
It is the other way around regarding apt and apt-get but that does not matter ...
No, its not the other way around.
Google it Davo. I am right. First to appear: apt-get Second to appear:apt.
Apt is built on top of apt-get.
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Re: Named range
« Reply #18 on: April 24, 2025, 01:04:29 am »
Quote from: Thaddy on April 23, 2025, 05:22:17 pm
Google it Davo. I am right. First to appear: apt-get Second to appear:apt.
Apt is built on top of apt-get.

I am not sure just what you think is the wrong way around, my assertion was that 'apt' is the command backprop needs to use, the answer to his question is "use apt".

I did not make any mention of the relative age of apt v. apt-get and suggest almost no one cares.

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