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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