Package: dpkg Version: 1.16.0.3 Severity: wishlist While it is formally correct for dpkg to unpack the package on --install when the dependencies are missing, doing so creates a problem if users try to install a low-level package with missing dependencies (remember the APT Pre-Depends thread).
I would welcome it if dpkg --install were changed to unpack the package only if its dependencies are satisfied. For unpacking-only purposes ignoring dependency, there is --unpack which is used by APT. -- System Information: Debian Release: wheezy/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (950, 'unstable'), (250, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.38-2-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_GB.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii coreutils 8.5-1 GNU core utilities ii libbz2-1.0 1.0.5-6 high-quality block-sorting file co ii libc6 2.13-4 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libselinux1 2.0.98-1+b1 SELinux runtime shared libraries ii xz-utils 5.0.0-2 XZ-format compression utilities ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.4.dfsg-3 compression library - runtime dpkg recommends no packages. Versions of packages dpkg suggests: ii apt 0.8.14.1 Advanced front-end for dpkg -- no debconf information -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/.
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