Bug#160247: jason, this is not your bug ;-) see #160247

[Peter Gervai <grin@tolna.net>]

reopen 159692
tags 159692 + sid
reopen 160247 Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis <luca@linuxasylum.net>
severity 160247 wishlist
retitle 160247 could have a switch to retrieve broken packages (was:apt-get violates paragraph 7.2. of policy.)
thanks

jason, slash is still not updated, please don't close this bug. close the apt one
(as you probably intended) #160247

luca, btw severity:

   grave
          makes the package in question unuseable or mostly so, or causes
          data loss, or introduces a security hole allowing access to the
          accounts of users who use the package.

the package is unuseable, since it is not installable. it is not in - IMHO -
"serious policy violation". no problem, just mentioning.

peter

ps: i don't think that this is an apt bug, or that apt does something wrong.
it's job is to install packages with correct deps, if they have unsatisfied
deps it shall not even touch 'em, since they're uninstallable. if you
satisfy their deps, apt will happily retrieve them later. if you want to
download it, you can use ftp, http, whatever. it could be a wishlist item to
ask apt for an url, or retrieve something for you no matter what, but it's
definitely not a bug. IMHO. YMMW. ETC. :)

ps2: I tried do dissociate #160247 from my name. probably failed but worths
a try.