On 9/12/05, Dave Vasilevsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 12, 2005, at 11:07 AM, Jean-François Mertens wrote: > >> Do you want to continue? [Y/n] (assuming default) > >> Could not resolve inconsistent dependencies! The following errors > >> remain: > >> Unsatisfied dependency in font-ttf-pm-bin: font-ttf-pm (= 0.34-1) > <snip about 20 more bad deps> > > Wow, that's a lot of breakage. You might want to rebuild some > packages... > > > For this type of thing, an opt-out mechanism would be useful, > > Yeah, it's clear that a user may still have to install things via > Fink, and Fink shouldn't block that entirely. > > Here's what I'm planning on doing. I'm going to modify Fink's > algorithm for deciding when it's safe to install things. The new > algorithm will leave intact any broken dependencies with are pre- > existing, but it will make sure that NEW problems are not introduced. > > Will that be a good enough fix? I'd rather not have an option to > allow Fink to automatically mess up a user's system, it's not really > safe. > > Dave > > > Dave,
That sounds reasonable to me--I had a problem today where I force-removed a package and fink wouldn't let me replace it (for some reason "scanpackages" didn't register the .deb in my binary package list, but that's another issue). This is a situation that does come up not infrequently when files get moved around between splitoffs. -- Alexander K. Hansen Fink Documenter [Day Job] Levitated Dipole Experiment http://psfcwww2.psfc.mit.edu/ldx/ ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Fink-devel mailing list Fink-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-devel
