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Bug#201197: acknowledged by developer (Re: Bug#201197: plus sign doesn't override conflicts)



On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Adam Heath wrote:

> > I'm not complaining Adam, I was trying to reach other apt developers as
> > you were obviously unavailable.  There's a difference.  The original bug
> > was lodged Mon, 14 Jul 2003 16:14:27 +0800
>
> It sure seemed that way, as you said you mailed *me*, not others.  I tend to
> look at my main mailbox once a week.

Let's just agree to disagree then.

> > > Um, are you dense?
> >
> > No, but you're damn rude.  Can you please explain to me what the man
> > page is actually suggesting then?
>
> Hardly rude.  I have little patience for those who can't understand what they
> paste, esp. when they seem to use it to contradict themselves.

I'm sorry past experience has eroded your patience.  Perhaps a few deep
breaths will be more efficient next time than resorting to mild insults,
but if it's working for you then keep it up I guess.

> > "Similarly a plus sign can  be used to designate a package to install. These
> > latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's
> > conflict resolution system."
> >
> > Can you please explain what this last sentence means, if not to override
> > qmail being removed?
>
> You're not overriding apt's non-magical decision to remove qmail.  You're not
> overriding anything.  Placing the + on sendmail doesn't modify apt's decision,
> as it didn't decide to install sendmail; you did, by asking it to.

Filip's explanation got straight to the point:

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Filip Van Raemdonck wrote:

> Install _this_ package at all cost - overriding the choice made by the
> conflict resolution algorithm if necessary.

That's all I needed, thanks anyway Adam.

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