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Bug#773021: marked as done (apt-get E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.)

Your message dated Sun, 14 Dec 2014 00:35:15 +0100
with message-id <20141213233515.GB6140@crossbow>
and subject line Re: Bug#773021: apt-get E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
has caused the Debian Bug report #773021,
regarding apt-get E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
to be marked as done.

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773021: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=773021
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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: apt
Version: 1.1~exp8
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,
I saw the error also in apt 1.0.9.4 as well as apt 1.1~exp8 .

When I run apt-get -h there are lot of options which are given.
Sharing the ones which are important here :-

Options :
-f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
-m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable

Now I tried different ways and options to see if -f works.

$ apt-get check -f
E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.

$ sudo apt-get check -f
[sudo] password for shirish:
E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.

$ sudo apt-get check -m -f
E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.

As can be seen none of the above options work.

Looking forward for the fix.

-- Package-specific info:

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-- /etc/apt/preferences --

Package: *
Pin: release testing
Pin-Priority: 600

Package: *
Pin: release experimental
Pin-Priority: 1

Package: *
Pin: release unstable
Pin-Priority: 1


-- /etc/apt/sources.list --

#### testing  #########
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ jessie-updates main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

 #### unstable #########
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

 #### experimental #########
deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ experimental main contrib

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'testing-updates'), (1,
'experimental'), (1, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii  adduser                 3.113+nmu3
ii  debian-archive-keyring  2014.3
ii  gnupg                   1.4.18-6
ii  gnupg2                  2.0.26-3
ii  libapt-pkg4.15          1.1~exp8
ii  libc6                   2.19-13
ii  libgcc1                 1:4.9.1-19
ii  libstdc++6              4.9.1-19

apt recommends no packages.

Versions of packages apt suggests:
ii  apt-doc     1.0.9.4
ii  aptitude    0.6.11-1+b1
ii  dpkg-dev    1.17.21
ii  python-apt  0.9.3.11
ii  synaptic    0.81.2

-- no debconf information

-- 
          Regards,
          Shirish Agarwal  शिरीष अग्रवाल
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--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
Hi,

On Sat, Dec 13, 2014 at 03:30:27PM +0530, shirish शिरीष wrote:
> When I run apt-get -h there are lot of options which are given.
> Sharing the ones which are important here :-
> 
> Options :
> -f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place
> -m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable
> 
> Now I tried different ways and options to see if -f works.
> 
> $ apt-get check -f
> E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
> 
> $ sudo apt-get check -f
> [sudo] password for shirish:
> E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
> 
> $ sudo apt-get check -m -f
> E: Command line option 'f' [from -f] is not known.
> 
> As can be seen none of the above options work.

This is by design as the command "apt-get check" doesn't work with the
-f/-m option. -m e.g. deal with downloads, but check doesn't download
anything. -f on the other hand tells the resolver to attemp fixing of
broken dependencies, but the point of "apt-get check" is to check if
there are broken dependencies at the moment, so with an -f option it
would be always successful…

Commands like "apt-get install" accept -f and -m on the other hand as
they are actually supported by it aka they have an effect.

We could of course accept any option in all commands – and this is what
we did for years – but the problem with this is that users then get the
impression that options are supported, even through they aren't:
Lets assume we have --simulation option and our new remove-everything-
on-mondays command doesn't support this option, but silently accepts
that: Mondays would become even more bad for the unlucky users running
"remove-everything-on-mondays --simulation" on monday…

Hence: no bug here and therefore I set it as closed.


Best regards

David Kalnischkies

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