Re: Little FAQ for users and maintainers
On Fri, Oct 01, 1999 at 11:36:25PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
>
> On Fri, 1 Oct 1999, Fabien Ninoles wrote:
>
> > Many time, apt-get break on conflicting files. It happens me often
> > on unstable but also when upgrading from slink to potato. Here some
> > recommendations to help users resolved the conflicts and also to
> > help maintainers do the Right Things (TM) the first time.
>
> I assume you mean file conflicts. I generally recommend adding this to
> /etc/apt/apt.conf
>
> dpkg::options {"--force-overwrite";};
>
> And use an 0.3 version of APT. Of course you should file bugs when you see
> the warning ;>
>
> Jason
We could add this to the FAQ. For me, I'll stay with this option since
it lets me find those bugs without having to keep looking at each
installation. I happily upgrade my machine each night through apt-get :)
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