Public bug reported:
apt-get --help says, among other things:
-f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails
under Options. The man page differs significantly:
-f, --fix-broken
Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in
place. This option, when
used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT to
deduce a likely so
lution. Any Package that are specified must completely correct
the problem. The op
tion is sometimes necessary when running APT for the first time;
APT itself does not
allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. It is
possible that a sys
tems dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual
intervention (which
usually means using dselect(8) or dpkg --remove to eliminate some
of the offending
packages). Use of this option together with -m may produce an
error in some situa
tions. Configuration Item: APT::Get::Fix-Broken.
The man page is correct.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Untriaged
Status: Unconfirmed
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apt-get --help conflicts with both man page and reality
https://launchpad.net/bugs/57487
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