Control: forcemerge 160247 -1
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:32:58PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.15.3.1
> Severity: wishlist
>
> In bug#542095, I think the right solution is to make it possible for the user
> to specify "overrides" on package dependencies (e.g. to say "
Stefan Monnier writes:
>> At least "apt-get -d --force-depends install foo" should download
>> stuff so one can "dpkg -i --force-depends foo.deb". Sucks if you have
>> to use --print-uris and wget.
>
> Actually, the download part is the least painful part. The problem is
> that subsequent uses
> At least "apt-get -d --force-depends install foo" should download
> stuff so one can "dpkg -i --force-depends foo.deb". Sucks if you have
> to use --print-uris and wget.
Actually, the download part is the least painful part. The problem is
that subsequent uses of aptitutde will burp because th
Stefan Monnier writes:
>>> Clearly, ignoring such constraints is risky business (not like ignoring
>>> "recommends" constraints), so you'd want to force the user to think hard
>>> before doing so, and you'd only let her ignore specific constraints,
>>> you might ask for confirmation before adding
>> > You come up with this request only because Josselin Mouette doesn't
>> > want to drop network-manager to a Recommends or put an alternative
>> > in place.
>> Clearly, the current network-manager-in-gnome issue is the one that
>> prompted this bug-report, but only because it finally occurred to
>> Clearly, ignoring such constraints is risky business (not like ignoring
>> "recommends" constraints), so you'd want to force the user to think hard
>> before doing so, and you'd only let her ignore specific constraints,
>> you might ask for confirmation before adding such an ignore-constraint
>>
Le mardi 29 septembre 2009 à 20:42 -0400, Stefan Monnier a écrit :
> > You come up with this request only because Josselin Mouette doesn't
> > want to drop network-manager to a Recommends or put an alternative
> > in place.
> Clearly, the current network-manager-in-gnome issue is the one that
> p
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Clearly, ignoring such constraints is risky business (not like ignoring
> "recommends" constraints), so you'd want to force the user to think hard
> before doing so, and you'd only let her ignore specific constraints,
> you might ask for confirmation bef
reassign 548661 apt
thanks
>> But as seen in bug#542095, some dependencies are not really hard, yet
>> you don't want them to be "recommends" because that would be too easy
>> for users to ignore. So bug#542095 shows that there is a need for
>> something between "recommends" and true dependencies
reassign 548661 general
thanks
On Mon, 28 Sep 2009, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> reopen 548661
> thanks
Please don't play ping-pong with bugs. Start a discussion on -devel if you
want to get input on how to properly solve your problem, but it's far from
being a reasonable wishlist request for dpkg at
reopen 548661
thanks
>> In bug#542095, I think the right solution is to make it possible for the
>> user to specify "overrides" on package dependencies (e.g. to say
>> "install gnome, but ignore the dependency on network-manager").
> No, that's definitely not a "right" solution. Overridable depen
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.15.3.1
Severity: wishlist
In bug#542095, I think the right solution is to make it possible for the user
to specify "overrides" on package dependencies (e.g. to say "install gnome, but
ignore the dependency on network-manager").
The idea is the following: normally, hard-
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