Re: Bug#33719: apt: Using the --force option to dpkg can result in an unusable system
On 22 Feb 1999 niklas@canit.se wrote:
> I recently upgraded a gnome-related package using dselect's apt
> method. When dpkg installed the package it said that it was
> overwriting /usr/lib/somegnomelibrary.so because the --force option
> was specified. This resulted in all older gnome programs that are
> linked to this library to stop working. I'd prefer a message stating
> that this package can't be installed because of these conflicting
> files.
This is not an APT bug, dpkg has the --force-overwrite option enabled by
default. In the latest CVS apt you can specify custom dpkg options and
turn this off if you want.
Jason
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