Re: argh! aptitude/dselect/apt-get dieing????
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:17:33PM -0500, Robert L. Harris wrote:
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> Very nice writeup.
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> Question, what if you want foo from unstable and it requires a version
> of bar in unstable but your existing bar is from testing? What if bar
> isn't installed at all and the requirement is going to install it? Will
> apt do the right thing at this point?
apt will perform dependency checks just as it always does. If foo
depends on a package which needs to be updated or installed, apt will
notify you and ask for permission to proceed. I believe this is the
right thing :)
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