Re: Bug#31359: How are you supposed to deal with two problems at the same time?
On Fri, 1 Jan 1999, Raul Miller wrote:
> > > I'm in a situation where it seems logical to do:
> > > apt-get -f -m install
>
> Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> wrote:
> > I'm not sure why this is a bug, as you have not given any indication of
> > buggy behavoir.
>
> Hmm... ok, buggy behavior is that apt recommends apt -f install,
> but that doesn't work [and no, apt doesn't recommend anything useful
> at that point].
-f doesn't -always- work either, it can fail in some situations.
> Perhaps apt should be recommending apt-get check instead of
> apt-get -f install? Perhaps the apt-get man page should have
> a section on problem resolution? I'm not sure...
check doesn't do anything, your problem was probably solved by
dist-ugprade in some round about way.
I still don't see what exactly the issue is.
Jason
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