On Thu, 28 Apr 2011, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > On Do, 2011-04-28 at 09:42 +0200, Julien Cristau wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 09:18:05 +0200, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > > > > We do count situations like > > > http://lists.debian.org/deity/2011/04/msg00154.html > > > > > > <676992.81078...@web26502.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> > > > > > That seems silly. They broke their system using dpkg -i, they can fix > > it with dpkg -i. > While that's possible, there is no reason this has to be the case. And > depending on the situation, this may require users to fetch multiple > packages which is not easy without APT (or other package managers). > > Ensuring that APT always works unless a library is broken or the user > used dpkg with --force seems to be useful.
+1, I have seen multiple times recommendation to do "dpkg -i foo.deb" and then "apt-get -f install" to pick up the missing dependencies. Someone trying this with APT would at least be stopped soon enough if apt had the Pre-Depends. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog ◈ Debian Developer Follow my Debian News ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.com (English) ▶ http://RaphaelHertzog.fr (Français) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110428094354.gl...@rivendell.home.ouaza.com