Bug#285826: marked as done (please do not warn when replacing due to conflict)
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From: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>
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Subject: please do not warn when replacing due to conflict
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: wishlist
\rprompt debian:~# apt-get install file-rc
[...]
The following packages will be REMOVED:
sysv-rc
The following NEW packages will be installed:
file-rc
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
sysv-rc (due to sysvinit)
[...]
You are about to do something potentially harmful
To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
?]
sysv-rc is being removed because it conflicts with file-rc. Maybe
APT could inhibit the warning if an essential package is being
removed because of a conflict?
Kurt Roeckx says that in this case it might make sense, but not in
others. So maybe instead, APT should inhibit the warning in such
exact situations (exact matches)?
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Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 19:14:09 -0800
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: martin f krafft <madduck@debian.org>, 285826-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#285826: please do not warn when replacing due to conflict
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On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:05:47PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.27
> Severity: wishlist
>
> \rprompt debian:~# apt-get install file-rc
> [...]
> The following packages will be REMOVED:
> sysv-rc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
> file-rc
> WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed
> This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
> sysv-rc (due to sysvinit)
> [...]
> You are about to do something potentially harmful
> To continue type in the phrase 'Yes, do as I say!'
> ?]
>
> sysv-rc is being removed because it conflicts with file-rc. Maybe
> APT could inhibit the warning if an essential package is being
> removed because of a conflict?
>
> Kurt Roeckx says that in this case it might make sense, but not in
> others. So maybe instead, APT should inhibit the warning in such
> exact situations (exact matches)?
Essential packages are essential, whether something conflicts with them or
not, and essential packages must not be removed from the system without
extremely explicit confirmation.
If a package does not deserve this treatment, then it should not be
essential.
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- mdz
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