Bug#158372: apt: 'normalize' command for apt
On 2002-08-26 at 10:53 -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > It would be good if apt had a 'normalize' command, similar
> > to 'upgrade', but that would downgrade packages
> > automatically also. For example, suppose someone installed
> > a stable system, then
>
> It is inherently dangerous to downgrade package, we never
> test that, and don't really design for it in all cases. I am
> not going to provide a command that does that automatically.
OK, fair point. Would it be possible to provide a
apt-get --permit-downgrade upgrade
or similar, with --permit-downgrade having a big bold warning
when used?
Alternatively, if you think this is still too dangerous, could
I at least propose that dpkg provides more of a warning when
downgrading packages? If I manually dpkg -i foobar_1.3.deb when
foobar 1.4 is installed, I don't get much warning that I'm
doing something that's not designed for (I know this would be a
dpkg bug, if you could reassign it would be appreciated).
Regards,
Andrew.
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