Bug#935910: apt: Should be less tolerant of dpkg errors when forcing removal

2019-09-04 Thread Guillem Jover
Control: reassign -1 apt Hi! On Wed, 2019-08-28 at 09:30:45 +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 08:26:30PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > > I suggest that --abort-after=1 should be apt's default when forcing > > > package > > > removal. This was a false lead and the

Bug#935910: apt: Should be less tolerant of dpkg errors when forcing removal

2019-08-28 Thread Mark Hindley
Julian, Thanks. On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 08:26:30PM +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > I suggest that --abort-after=1 should be apt's default when forcing package > > removal. > > APT is the wrong place for that. We're trying to move to a future where > we only tell dpkg all the actions to do

Bug#935910: apt: Should be less tolerant of dpkg errors when forcing removal

2019-08-27 Thread Julian Andres Klode
Control: reassign -1 dpkg On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 05:34:05PM +0100, Mark Hindley wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 1.8.3 > Severity: important > > Dear apt maintainers, > > This report is a result of my investigation of #934491 which shows that when > trying to migrate a sid install from systemd

Bug#935910: apt: Should be less tolerant of dpkg errors when forcing removal

2019-08-27 Thread Mark Hindley
Package: apt Version: 1.8.3 Severity: important Dear apt maintainers, This report is a result of my investigation of #934491 which shows that when trying to migrate a sid install from systemd to sysvinit and elogind by the most obvious route it is possible to break the system in a way that is