On Lu, 30 iun 14, 01:56:20, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > > > You're not seriously suggesting dpkg would "sneak" a package on your > > system behind your back, do you? > > I believe he's only suggesting that having a package installed with a > Conflict: is harder to break (even by mistake) than just some apt > preferences, and that it's better to lock things at the level of dpkg > than at the level of apt, aptitude, deslect, synaptic or whatever. I by > the way agree. Others in this thread have pointed out why this is not true (for one you have to put the package on hold), but this has become off-topic for -devel, -user would be more appropriate. Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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