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| author | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2015-08-14 11:49:45 +0200 |
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| committer | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2015-08-14 12:38:18 +0200 |
| commit | b381a482eab0fc7b65b63cf0512ef1f97d775e34 (patch) | |
| tree | 49e759c923d2db55e77b9c9910a1c3d17b9ed303 /doc | |
| parent | 51c4e07f4cba0615ff269b5a8d04dfd3d1313b00 (diff) | |
Replace --force-yes by various options starting with --allow
This enables more fine grained control over such exceptions.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 26 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 81a9036c4..76a53aec2 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -429,12 +429,36 @@ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-downgrades</option></term> + <listitem><para>This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue + without prompting if it is doing downgrades. It + should not be used except in very special situations. Using + it can potentially destroy your system! + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::allow-downgrades</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-remove-essential</option></term> + <listitem><para>Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue + without prompting if it is removing essentials. It + should not be used except in very special situations. Using + it can potentially destroy your system! + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::allow-remove-essential</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-change-held-packages</option></term> + <listitem><para>Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue + without prompting if it is changing held packages. It + should not be used except in very special situations. Using + it can potentially destroy your system! + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::allow-change-held-packages</literal>. Introduced in APT 1.1.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--force-yes</option></term> <listitem><para>Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should not be used except in very special situations. Using <literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! - Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>.</para></listitem> + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>. This is deprecated and replaced by <option>--allow-downgrades</option>, <option>--allow-remove-essential</option>, <option>--allow-change-held-packages</option> in 1.1. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>--print-uris</option></term> |