Re: Bug#65262: apt is being too smart about dependencies

[Brian White <bcwhite@precidia.com>]

reopen 65262
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> > I have, for example, ssh2 installed but not xlib (which is only needed
> > for the askpass program).  I installed it with "dpkg --force-depends" and
> > it works fine; I don't want apt to remove it.
> 
> Basically, you can't do that. This is not something it can reasonably deal
> with. I think there are other bugs reports to this effect..

This is a valid problem!  If an admin chooses to directly force a package
install, then apt needs to honor that decision.  This bug should not
be closed.

I'm sorry if it is a duplicate of another.  I looked through the list
but did not see what appeared to be the same problem.  Perhaps I just
missed something.  If anything, though, the bug should be merged with
one of those, not closed.

                                          Brian
                                 ( bcwhite@precidia.com )

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