Synaptic issues

[Philippe Landau]

Michael Vogt wrote:
>>what is the difference between remove and remove completely ?
> Remove will not touch config files (e.g. files in /etc), while
> complete remove will remove all files. 
good.
i read there is a command for later cleanup.
is this also available from synaptic ?

>>when i choose: Help: Content
>>the help viewer opens and says: "The file could not be processed"
> Is this on hoary or warty? 
on hoary.

>>i miss a way to copy or save the console output in synaptic.
> We are working on a log-file feature for one of the next synaptic
> versions. But on the long run I would rather like to get rid of the
> terminal output and hide it behind a nice progress bar and only show
> it to show error messages or stuff like this.
great.
a persistent log file could really help debug installation problems.

it could later also be used for reversing updates (multiple undo) ?

>>is there a way to know which package comes from which repository ?
> You can click on "Properties/Versions" to see what versions are
> available. Is this what your are looking for?
to know if something comes from ubuntu or debian-marillat for example.

>>can packages be sorted accordingly in synaptic ?
> No. You can only sort for component (main, universe,  etc). Sorting
> for the repository may be a interessting option. What use case do you
> have for it? 
to favour "main restricted" over main/marillat over universe over
multiverse.
you write this is already partly possible (sections).
that would be the second column ?
until today i saw only two symbols there:
the ubuntu symbol or empty.
today i see no ubuntu symbol there anymore, only debian or empty.

>>how can i know which new package should be installed for hoary ?
> Now this is a tricky question :) I assume you want to know which
> packages of the "New in repository" list you should install? I don't
> have a good advice here, just look over the package description and
> see if it look interessting for you.
ah, nice :-)

today the progress window from "reload" often changes shape
because when it first shows it is too small,
so it goes back and forth between bigger and smaller again.

to be honest i only discovered the functionality
of the four buttons on the lower left today.
the usual interface for them would be to be
on top of their results window,
and to be in the shape of four tabs.
they are very helpful of course.

is there an advantage in closing all apps
before updating a system ?

yesterday i got "broken pipe" during an update
the first time i tried, maybe because the computer was
unresponsive at that time (massive swaps).

today while still using synaptic 0.55-1ubuntu3,
"preselect updates" did not alert me to the fact
that ubuntu desktop should be updated but would not
be selected because there is a conflict with my libfam0c102.
when i tried to remove that, there was a list
of other parts that would have to be removed
(gamin, wvdial etc).
why were these parts not listed in the list
of parts to remove when installing ubuntu-desktop ?
shouldn't the verification be recursive ?

is it better to update ubuntu-desktop or not ?
does it have something to do with the eggdesktop problems ?

kind regards     philippe