On 2013-11-17, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > >> "-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act >> No action. Perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not >> actually change the system." - http://linux.die.net/man/8/apt-get=20 > > Isn't needing something like -s too dangerous? What if you forgot to > include it on the command line? Wouldn't that be just as scary? :-)
But you do not need to be root to simulate aptly, so the danger to which you allude needn't exist. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnl8hvkj.1uv.cu...@einstein.electron.org
