Re: Bug#36252: apt: apt always overwrites
Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ualberta.ca> writes:
> On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Carl R. Witty wrote:
>
> > Package: apt
> > Version: 0.3.4
> >
> > Apt should have a configuration option to allow calling dpkg with the
> > --no-force-overwrite option. (Or, if it has such a configuration
> > option, it should be better documented.)
>
> It does and it is fairly well documented, read the apt.conf man page and
> search for "How APT calls DPkg"
Sorry about that. (I did my documentation search by searching for
"overwrite" in /usr/doc/apt.)
Carl
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