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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=ef3fb80f0ba464a3531bdca6b9bd9b5483cb2977 commit ef3fb80f0ba464a3531bdca6b9bd9b5483cb2977 Author: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> AuthorDate: Fri Oct 5 02:47:02 2018 +0200 man: Clarify which fields are affected by dependency options This includes the --force-breaks, --force-conflicts, --force-depends, --force-depends-versio and --ignore-depends. Prompted-by: James Clarke <jrt...@debian.org> (on IRC) --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/dpkg.man | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 1f4f0e893..89cb4b505 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ dpkg (1.19.2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - dpkg-source(1): Improve documentation on vendor-specific series files. - deb-control(5): Document Build-Ids field. Prompted by Stuart Prescott <stu...@debian.org>. + - dpkg(1): Clarify which fields are affected by dependency options. + Prompted by James Clarke <jrt...@debian.org>. [ Updated man pages translations ] * German (Helge Kreutzmann). diff --git a/man/dpkg.man b/man/dpkg.man index bf7b5a96a..588a21746 100644 --- a/man/dpkg.man +++ b/man/dpkg.man @@ -553,16 +553,20 @@ cause the whole system to stop working, so use with caution. \fBdepends\fP: Turn all dependency problems into warnings. +This affects the \fBPre\-Depends\fP and \fBDepends\fP fields. \fBdepends\-version\fP: Don't care about versions when checking dependencies. +This affects the \fBPre\-Depends\fP and \fBDepends\fP fields. \fBbreaks\fP: Install, even if this would break another package (since dpkg 1.14.6). +This affects the \fBBreaks\fP field. \fBconflicts\fP: Install, even if it conflicts with another package. This is dangerous, for it will usually cause overwriting of some files. +This affects the \fBConflicts\fP field. \fBconfmiss\fP: Always install the missing conffile without prompting. This is dangerous, @@ -647,6 +651,7 @@ Install a package even if it fails authenticity check. \fB\-\-ignore\-depends\fP=\fIpackage\fP,... Ignore dependency-checking for specified packages (actually, checking is performed, but only warnings about conflicts are given, nothing else). +This affects the \fBPre\-Depends\fP, \fBDepends\fP and \fBBreaks\fP fields. .TP \fB\-\-no\-act\fP, \fB\-\-dry\-run\fP, \fB\-\-simulate\fP Do everything which is supposed to be done, but don't write any -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
