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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:54:34 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:54:34 +0000
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Force-LoopBreak
Author: jgg Date: 1999-08-12 05:59:47 GMT Force-LoopBreak
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@@ -62,6 +62,14 @@ so may be necessary on some extremely slow single user systems but
is very dangerous and may cause package install scripts to fail or worse.
Use at your own risk.
+dit(bf(Force-LoopBreak))
+Never Enable this option unless you -really- know what you are doing. It
+permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to break a
+Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depend loop between two essential
+packages. SUCH A LOOP SHOULD NEVER EXIST AND IS A GRAVE BUG. This option will
+work if the essential packages are not tar, gzip, libc, bash or anything that
+those packages depend on.
+
dit(bf(Get))
The Get subsection controls the bf(apt-get(8)) tool, please see its
documentation for more information about the options here.