On Fri, 4 Jun 1999, Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote: > IMVHO there should be a way for a workaround, eg. a (real :) force option > or by ignoring packages on hold. However I see that there might be a problem > with the design and/or implementation. Maybe we could declare this as > wishlist bug?
Well, -f is not a force option, it stands for --fix :> As for deliberately broken or misconfigured packages - there isn't much that can be done without horribly upsetting things. If you know that what you have done is what you want to do then maybe you should edit /var/lib/dpkg/status by hand to clear the problem. The next apt will be able to detect locally modified packages (either through editing or recompiling) Jason
