This sounds like something to bring forward as a bug in dpkg... in fact, I've gone ahead and filed it as a feature request:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/dpkg/+bug/622885 There may not be an obvious way to do this, so I think we're just going to have to deal with the occasional confused user filing bug reports like this until there's a better solution. -- can't install apache2.2-common (2.2.14-5ubuntu8) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/576255 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to apache2 in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs