Re: Equivalence to apt-get install -f
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 07:59:51AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 01:58:32PM +0000, Tzafrir Cohen <tzafrir@cohens.org.il> was heard to say:
> > One use case:
> >
> > dpkg --install package.deb
> >
> > Which happens to fail due to a missing dependency, and then:
> >
> > apt-get install -f
> >
> > I haven't tried it with aptitude recently but at least in the past (4-5
> > monthes ago? not sure) it tried installing too much stuff.
>
> What do you mean by "too much stuff"?
I recall it tried to install unnecessary packages. Sadly I don't have
any specific example right now.
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