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| author | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:54:34 +0000 |
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| committer | Arch Librarian <arch@canonical.com> | 2004-09-20 16:54:34 +0000 |
| commit | 9d4c8f671af479cba90e1db2f68d9abf9daaa4a4 (patch) | |
| tree | a4df483b58f0fef7c23e1240a72f7951a16fd925 /doc | |
| parent | e5054186e69880d24528092c2f8a9dd3023224f8 (diff) | |
Force-LoopBreak
Author: jgg
Date: 1999-08-12 05:59:47 GMT
Force-LoopBreak
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.yo | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/apt.conf | 3 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo index 9be4b114a..923e2724e 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo @@ -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. diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf index a84fc1079..955088768 100644 --- a/doc/examples/apt.conf +++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.35 1999/08/05 05:56:25 jgg Exp $ +// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.36 1999/08/12 05:59:47 jgg Exp $ /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely valid file. @@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ APT // Some general options Ignore-Hold "false"; Immediate-Configure "true"; // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page + Force-LoopBreak "false"; // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page }; // Options for the downloading routines |