How do you turn Immediate-Configuration off?

[Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com>]

> 
> I tried apt-get -f.  It gets stuck:
> 
> Could note perform immediate configuration on phonon-backend-vlc. Please
> see man 5 apt.conf under apt::Immediate-Configuration for details (2)

I finally found the APT::Immediate-Configuration section.  I seems I have 
to turn off the option, and that I should be able to do that using -o on 
the apt-get command line.

But I've tried half a dozen variations on that command line.

How *should* one write something like apt-get dist-upgrade -f -o 
APT::Immediate-Configuration=off?
Or is it 1?  or 0? or no" of false?   Or are the options in the wrong 
place? or should ther ne more equals signs?  Or feser?

If nothing else,  will use aptitude, even though it's not recommended, 
hoping  that after it deletes the  hundred-odd packages it wants to I 
willl still have a somewhat usable system.

-- hendrik