On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 06:46:51PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: > They can overwrite existing (core) system files and possibly cause other > harm.
No, they can't. Not without your expressed consent...
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~} dpkg --force-help
dpkg forcing options - control behaviour when problems found:
warn but continue: --force-<thing>,<thing>,...
stop with error: --refuse-<thing>,<thing>,... | --no-force-<thing>,...
Forcing things:
all [!] Set all force options
downgrade [*] Replace a package with a lower version
configure-any Configure any package which may help this one
hold Process incidental packages even when on hold
bad-path PATH is missing important programs, problems likely
not-root Try to (de)install things even when not root
overwrite Overwrite a file from one package with another
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
...if they could there would be no reason for dpkg to have
--force-overwrite.
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