Bug#57069: marked as done ('apt -f' doesn't work as described at the manpage)
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From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@fachschaften.tu-muenchen.de>
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Subject: 'apt -f' doesn't work as described at the manpage
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Package: apt
Version: 0.3.16
Severity: normal
The manpage says:
-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken depen-
dencies in place. This option may be used alone or
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
in conjunction with any of the command actions, and
But:
fania:/usr/doc# apt-get -f
apt 0.3.16 for i386 compiled on Jan 14 2000 08:19:48
Usage: apt-get [options] command
apt-get [options] install pkg1 [pkg2 ...]
apt-get is a simple command line interface for downloading and
installing packages. The most frequently used commands are update
and install.
Commands:
update - Retrieve new lists of packages
upgrade - Perform an upgrade
install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)
remove - Remove packages
source - Download source archives
dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8)
dselect-upgrade - Follow dselect selections
clean - Erase downloaded archive files
autoclean - Erase old downloaded archive files
check - Verify that there are no broken dependencies
Options:
-h This help text.
-q Loggable output - no progress indicator
-qq No output except for errors
-d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives
-s No-act. Perform ordering simulation
-y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt
-f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
-u Show a list of upgraded packages as well
-b Build the source package after fetching it
-c=? Read this configuration file
-o=? Set an arbitary configuration option, eg -o dir::cache=/tmp
See the apt-get(8), sources.list(5) and apt.conf(5) manual
pages for more information and options.
fania:/usr/doc#
-- System Information
Debian Release: potato
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux fania 2.2.15pre4 #1 Sat Jan 22 13:06:46 CET 2000 i586
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.1.2-12 GNU C Library: Shared
libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10 1:2.95.2-4 The GNU stdc++ library
cu,
Adrian
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These are all fixed in the most recent release.
apt (0.3.18) frozen unstable; urgency=low
* Changes in the postinst script. Closes: #56855, #57237
* Fixed bashism. Closes: #57216, #57335
* Doc updates. Closes: #57772, #57069, #57331, #57833, #57896
-- Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org> Sun, 13 Feb 2000 01:52:31 -0800
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