Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, 16 Jan 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > in debian, apt-get sometimes asks whether to proceed or not, and at other > > times does not. Why is this? > > The behaviour depends on the setting of the variable > APT::Get:Trivial-Only and APT::Get::Assume-Yes. > > If you run "apt-get install pkgname" and this has no additional > dependencies then it will not prompt you since it is doing exactly > what you asked it to and nothing more. > > On the other hand, if there are additional dependencies and > "Assume-Yes" is "False" then it will prompt you since it is > installing additional stuff. This may further depend on whether > recommended pacakges are among the dependencies etc. > > The idea is "principle of least surprise". If you want to eliminate > surprise all together, then use the "--download-only" switch to > download the relevant packages before installing them. If you feel > that the surprise level is too high then set "Trivial-Only" to > "True".
Does the same behaviour exist if you are using a 3rd party repo ? Sujith -- http://sujith-m.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
