Bug#720532: dselect: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known

[Domenico Andreoli <cavok@debian.org>]

reopen 720532

thanks

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> wrote:

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 09:13:20AM +0200, Domenico Andreoli wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.9.11
> Severity: important

Thanks for your bugreport.

ehi, thank you for reacting so quickly! :)

 

>   apt 0.9.11 breaks dselect, which complains loudly when I try to update
> from sources (I use the apt backend):
>
> | E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
> |
> | dselect: warning: subprocess update available list script returned error exit status 1
> | Press <enter> to continue.
>
> I see that between 0.9.10 and 0.9.11 there is some refactoring around the
> command line [0].  Maybe some option has been left over?
>
> I don't know how many other dselect users are left with me but the regression
> is quite serious for "us". Is it possible to investigate further?
[..]

The attached patch should fix that, the commandline parser got a bit
stricter, this caused this bug.

unfortunately it doesn't. I still get a similar message when I try to install the selected packages:

| E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
| Some errors occurred while unpacking. Packages that were installed
| will be configured. This may result in duplicate errors
| or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
| above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
| Press enter to continue.

Kind regards,
Domenico