Re: Bug#65262: apt is being too smart about dependencies
> > it's will upon the user. If there was no way to select the feature I'm
> > talking about, then it would be a wish. However, there _is_ a way to
> > do it (just hit "Q" in dselect). That makes it a bug. It is deliberately
> > going against the settings of it's driving package: deselect.
>
> Thats nice and all, but the 'Q' thing isn't actually recorded in a file
> anyplace. THERE IS NO WAY TO TELL. All dselect methods have this problem,
> except some of them just ignore the dpkg errors which in some cases
> appears to work.
That's not a reason to misbehave. File it as a bug against dselect if
need be. I don't see why it matters, though. Apt should just accept
whatever state dselect passes to it. Since the package is already
installed and configured, there won't be any errors.
> What you want cannot be done because there is not enough communication
> between dselect/dpkg and APT.
As I said, apt shouldn't care. It should accept without question whatever
dselect passes to it. If the current status says a file is installed and
is to remain installed, DON'T REMOVE IT. Obviously, if it is already
installed and there has been no request to remove it, then things are
probably already in a working state.
Brian
( bcwhite@precidia.com )
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