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Bug#626599: Use --no-triggers by default and let dpkg find out the configuration order



Hi,

On Fri, 13 May 2011, Phillip Susi wrote:
> On 5/13/2011 10:41 AM, Raphael Hertzog wrote:
> >That's not the recommended combination currently, man apt.conf gives:
> >           DPkg::NoTriggers "true";
> >           PackageManager::Configure "smart";
> >           DPkg::ConfigurePending "true";
> >           DPkg::TriggersPending "true";
> 
> I actually had the "smart" option on my system, and so I also added
> it to my vm test install, and that is when I ran into errors during
> the upgrade.  When I tried again without the "smart" option, I did
> not get errors.

Interesting.

> >I also like that the options tell APT to rely on dpkg to configure stuff
> >in the correct order instead of doing it itself and getting it wrong in
> >some cases... cf the numerous bug reports here:
> >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/541595
> 
> What option is that?  This package XXX is already installed and
> configured error is one of the problems I saw.

I was referring to “DPkg::ConfigurePending "true"”.

Cheers,
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