Re: Bug#175937: apt: 'does not manipulate the state of the system' wording
>>>>> "J" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> writes:
J> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> etc. well, isn't adding things to the package cache changing part of the
>> system? OK, it should be more clear...
>> one test is could apt-cache be setuid root?
J> No, the cache is entirely a transparent and non-user visible component of
J> the APT system. You cannot use apt-cache to change the standard cache in
J> any way that is user visible.
J> Anything the add command does to the system cache will be automatically
J> undone the next time apt-get is run. It's only useful if an alternative
J> cache is specified on the command line.
OK, it would clear things up big time if all that was noted on the man page.
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