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Package: apt
Version: 0.3.18
If a package is installed that has unmet dependencies, apt-get will mark
it for removal even though I told dselect to ignore that problem.
I have, for example, ssh2 installed but not xlib (which is only needed
for the askpass program). I installed it with "dpkg --force-depends" and
it works fine; I don't want apt to remove it.
Brian
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On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Brian White wrote:
> I have, for example, ssh2 installed but not xlib (which is only needed
> for the askpass program). I installed it with "dpkg --force-depends" and
> it works fine; I don't want apt to remove it.
Basically, you can't do that. This is not something it can reasonably deal
with. I think there are other bugs reports to this effect..
Jason
