THis is not limited to unverified packages. A couple of minutes ago, I did "apt-get --download-only" and my command asked for quite a lot of packages, which I did NOT want istalled, just downloaded.
This message made me very unsure about whether apt-get has a bug that will cause the packages to be actually installed. I hade to give it a test run on a single package just to be sure. I'd say this message did bug me quite a lot. Programs should not be saying they're about to do X when in fact they're about to do Y. It'd be better if they didn't say anything at all. I don't get why this is even considered as "not a bug." I believe there's almost universal agreement that if programs say they are about to do something, then they will indeed what they say they will. Exempt from this is malware. ** Summary changed: - misleading question text when using --download-only without public key + misleading text when using --download-only with apt-get -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48859 Title: misleading text when using --download-only with apt-get To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/48859/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
