Re: apt-get -o's

[Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org>]

On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Marc Singer wrote:

> I'm trying to get the -o options to work so that I can pass dpkg
> options along.  I was told by someone that
> 
> apt-get \
>  -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-confmiss \
>  -o Dpkg::Options::=--force-somethingelse \
>  ....

Seems to work:

wakko{root}~#apt-get install navigator -o debug::pkgdpkgpm=true -o dpkg::options::=--badcow
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  navigator-base-477 navigator-smotif-477 netscape-base-477
netscape-java-477 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  navigator-base-475 navigator-smotif-475 netscape-base-475
netscape-java-475 
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  navigator-base-477 navigator-smotif-477 netscape-base-477
netscape-java-477 
The following held packages will be changed:
  navigator navigator-base-477 netscape-base-477 netscape-java-477 
1 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0  not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/9923kB of archives. After unpacking 134kB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] 
/usr/bin/dpkg --badcow --force-depends --force-remove-essential --remove
navigat or-smotif-475 navigator-base-475 netscape-base-475 
/usr/bin/dpkg --badcow --unpack
/var/cache/apt/archives/navigator_1%3a4.77-2_i38 6.deb 
/usr/bin/dpkg --badcow --force-depends --force-remove-essential --remove
netscap e-java-475 
/usr/bin/dpkg --badcow --unpack
/var/cache/apt/archives/netscape-base-477_4.77-2 _i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/navigator-base-477_4.77-2_i386.deb /var/cache/
apt/archives/navigator-smotif-477_4.77-2_i386.deb
/var/cache/apt/archives/netsca pe-java-477_4.77-2_all.deb 
/usr/bin/dpkg --badcow --configure netscape-base-477 navigator-base-477
navigato r-smotif-477 netscape-java-477 navigator 

Jason