Re: Bug#100406: apt-get: should allow install's and remove's on same command-line
Ah, I forgot... the following is still not clear to me
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 09:01:11AM +0200, Yann Dirson wrote:
>
> > > "gnotepad+" right now, but there used to be "gnotepad" in the past
> > > IIRC...
> >
> > You can always use minus postfixes.
>
> What should "apt-get install foobar gnotepad+" mean if installing,
> with "foobar" being a (set of) package(s) that would be in the case
> where a hint would be needed not to have old gnotepad package removed
> (or whathever situation makes this trick useful) ?
>
> Would that not be interpreted as "install gnotepad+ instead", because
> of the existence of such a package name ?
As well, I still think that this syntax is dangerous, unless we want
to forbid [+-] at the end of a package's name.
Why not a syntax like "apt-get --install foo --remove bar ?
Regards,
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