On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:59:59AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.6.43.3
Thanks for your bugreport. > Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: > > apt-get -oDPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite install > {debianutils,passwd}/stable > > It doesn't work without the second pair of double-colons, which I > don't understand, haven't seen used anywhere else, thus undocumented, > is unintuitive, and well, ugly. This second pair of double-colons indicates that the option should be added to a list (Dpkg::Options is a list of arguments passed to dpkg). I'll happily apply patches that document the apt configuration synatx. Cheers, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]