It is clear from the man page that ‘--ignore-missing’ is intended only
for packages that exist but fail to download correctly or can not be
downloaded at the time. Requesting a package that does not exist is
well outside the scope of this option and is an unsafe operation to
simply ignore.
The former is typically due to transient network errors that clear up in
a short time. The later is a seriously broken request.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
Status: Confirmed => Opinion
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"apt-get --ignore-missing install" fails when it can't find a package
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