On 10 Apr 1998, Gregory S. Stark wrote: > So as I see it there are at least three cases here: > > The install is accidentally broken. > Because we've all been living without apt for so long, various > inconsistencies can arise. It would indeed be a great feature if apt offered > to fix the problems. Since there may be many ways of fixing things it might > be best if this were handled in the front-end though. This would give the > sysadmin a chance to adjust the solution.
.5 (starting in .2/.3?) has a -f option that attempts to fix things, combined with dselect it provides pretty much everything you ask. The option is enabled when you are using APT from dselect. > A related case is what happens when an error occurs downloading files. > Currently it panics and doesn't upgrade anything. Ideally it should check what > files have been downloaded, exclude any that can't be satisfied without the > erroneous package, and handle the valid ones. .5 does this as well. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
