On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:22:57PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Bernhard Reiter wrote: > > > When running apt-get in simulation mode it does not show the effect of > > the --download-only flags correctly. This might be a feature. > > Simulation puts apt into a special mode where it shows the result of the > ordering sequence - it is more a debug mode than anything. > > It is not intended to effect any other systems.
Maybe the manual page should reflect this (more clearly).
From the dry-run options of other tools I expected apt-get
simulation mode to be affected by the "-d" flags.
Bernhard
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