On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 12:08:11PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis wrote: > > > 2) apt refuse to instal slash with this message: > > > This violates paragraph 7.2. of Debian Policy. > > Er no, APT refused to install anything that cannot be fully brought into > the installed state. (ie stopping at unconfigured is not acceptable). > Policy is describing the required state transitions a package goes > through during installation, not the way the tools interact with > the user.
I do not agree on the behaviour of apt-get in this circumstancies. It doesn't even allow me to download the package (this doesn't imply that i want to install it). With this behaviour you force me to use dselect. I hope this is only a missing feature. ciao, P.S.: i'm not subscribed to the list, so please include me in the CC. -- Luca - De Whiskey's - De Vitis | Elegant or ugly code as well aliases: Luca ^De [A-Z][A-Za-z\-]*[iy]'\?s$ | as fine or rude sentences have Luca, a wannabe ``Good guy''. | something in common: they local LANG="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | don't depend on the language.
