Remco wrote: ... > One really important thing: do not force dpkg to install or remove > anything. The dependancies and conflicts are there for a reason. There > have already been many that screwed up by forcing dpkg to do not-so-smart > things. I am one of them, but I upgraded before the HOWTO was written, so > I can't be blamed for not reading it ;-) > > Remco
I have used --force-depends now quite a few times without being burned... However, I do not do so without having what I believe is a decent recovery means and secondly I don't use it until I am really convinced that NO other option is available (and three as I am learning more and more about dpkg I realize that I should ALWAYS document exactly what I was doing and why because if what I do really is necessary and it does work then the developers need to know about it). best, -bill ____________________________________________________________________ Get free e-mail and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
