Bug#362553: apt: hiddeous syntax award for -oDPkg::Options::=

2006-05-01 Thread Michael Vogt
On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:59:59AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: Package: apt Version: 0.6.43.3 Thanks for your bugreport. Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: apt-get -oDPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite install {debianutils,passwd}/stable It doesn't work without the second

Bug#362553: apt: hiddeous syntax award for -oDPkg::Options::=

2006-05-01 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 04:46:26PM +0200, Michael Vogt wrote: On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 12:59:59AM -0400, Justin Pryzby wrote: Package: apt Version: 0.6.43.3 Thanks for your bugreport. Thanks for working on apt :) Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: apt-get

Bug#362553: apt: hiddeous syntax award for -oDPkg::Options::=

2006-04-16 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Justin Pryzby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Package: apt Version: 0.6.43.3 Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: apt-get -oDPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite install {debianutils,passwd}/stable It doesn't work without the second pair of double-colons, which I don't understand,

Bug#362553: apt: hiddeous syntax award for -oDPkg::Options::=

2006-04-16 Thread Justin Pryzby
On Sun, Apr 16, 2006 at 08:06:56PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Justin Pryzby [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Package: apt Version: 0.6.43.3 Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: apt-get -oDPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite install {debianutils,passwd}/stable It

Bug#362553: apt: hiddeous syntax award for -oDPkg::Options::=

2006-04-13 Thread Justin Pryzby
Package: apt Version: 0.6.43.3 Apt wins the hiddeous syntax award for the day: apt-get -oDPkg::Options::=--force-overwrite install {debianutils,passwd}/stable It doesn't work without the second pair of double-colons, which I don't understand, haven't seen used anywhere else, thus undocumented,