Re: dependency tool for RedHat

[Dag Wieers <dag wieers com>]

On Sat, 9 Aug 2003, Thomas Vander Stichele wrote:

> So, thank you apt-get for not working when being inconsistent.

Actually, if there's no relation between the inconsistency and the 
packages apt-get wants to update/remove, apt-get could work without any 
problem. So it is a PITA if it just refuses to work because the whole is 
inconsistent.

I once send a mail to the apt development ml about this with some 
examples in which cases an inconsistent rpm database is unavoidable for 
end-users and apt-get becomes useless. Which is unfortunately the case for 
the machine-park I maintain.

Nobody replied to it ;)

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