Lennart Sorensen spiffera, alle 21:58, giovedì 9 febbraio 2006 circa: > --force should not be used unless you know what you are doing. I think so. :) maybe i should say: read manpage first... So: Niclas, read 'man dpkg' !! :)
> If something like this happens, it is a bug and should be filed as one. > If packages conflict, uninstall one of them, or don't upgrade until the > maintainer fixes the bug. Using --force leaves the system in a somewhat > broken state where in the future removing one of the packages that had a > file conflict may cause the file to be removed even though the other > packages still says it is installed and may require it. So it is a very > very bad idea. i don't think so. :) this happen a lot of time when you dist-upgrade debian, or other debian-based system. In particular if you use testing, or unstable, like (i think) almost all writing here. bye! -- -gaspa- ----------------------------------------------- Powered by Debian GNU/Linux and Debian GNU/Hurd ------ HomePage: iogaspa.altervista.org -------
