Re: Bug#65262: apt is being too smart about dependencies
severity 65262 wishlist
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On Tue, 6 Jun 2000, Brian White wrote:
> > 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.
There is no way to directly force anything with the dpkg system. You can
wedge a package into some weird state using --forcing options [which leave
no record], but the natural behavior of *all* the tools is to fix that
somehow. dpkg --configure -a tries to configure all unconfigured packages,
dselect tries to remove/install new dependencies to fix missing ones, etc.
That is how it works and there isn't much to be done.
For you ssh problem I recommend simply editing the status file and
removing the offending dependency. Alternatively you could use something
like equivs -- if dpkg supported versions provides.
Jason
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