->>In response to your message<<- --received from Chris Burkhardt-- > > Paul Yeatman wrote: > [...] > >> There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the > >> action: > >> > >> $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb > >> > >> Does that make it behave as expected? > > > > I wish but sadly no: > > > > $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb > > Selecting previously deselected package texlive-base. > > (Reading database ... 150341 files and directories currently installed.) > > Unpacking texlive-base (from texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb) ... > > pyeat...@pyeatman:~$ > > > > ...but I didn't catch that so thanks for pointing out! > > Hmm. Take a look at this bug (especially message #19): > <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=128560> > > I guess a workaround for your script is to parse the 'Depends:' line from > dpkg -I and test if each of those packages are installed. > > - Chris B
Yes, I had considered this idea myself but, given that apt-get, aptitude, dpkg, etc. already perform this action, I wanted to tap into this and not reinvent the wheel. This doesn't seem possible at the time, however. Thanks again for the feedback and for pointing out the bug! Paul -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
