On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 06:29:25PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > APT does not run dpkg in this case automatically because that command can > cause an unexpected change in the users system, like configuring packages. > If dpkg had some other command that only cleaned up after it crashed then > APT could call that.
And dpkg doesn't automatically cleanup after itself for pretty much the same reason. I think "apt-get -f" should force doing "dpkg --configure -a", or apt should have some command line option to do this. Dpkg is a low level tool, it's ok to have to manually do things with it. Unlike apt, which is highlevel and tries to do much of the thinking for the user. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
