Re: apt-get package order on commandline matters
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, J.A. Bezemer wrote:
> Just encountered a strange thing, that I suppose is incorrect behaviour of
> apt-get. Running 2.2rev0 on i386 from only the Official 1_NONUS CD; apt-get
> --version: 0.3.19.
Nope, this is about what I'd expect. The command line is not order
insensitive.
Each argument is evaluated in turn and processed as completely as possible
before moving on to the next.
> (Makes me wonder what happens if A Deps: B | C, and B and C are mutually
> conflicting and you type "apt-get install A C"...)
It picks C of course..
Jason
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