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option if you want to change that.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>satisfy</option></term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>satisfy</literal> causes apt-get to satisfy the given dependency string.s The
+ dependency strings may have build profiles and architecture restriction list as in build dependencies. They
+ may optionally be prefixed with <literal>"Conflicts: "</literal> to unsatisfy the dependency string. Multiple strings of the same type can be specified.</para>
+
+ <para>Example: <literal>apt-get satisfy "foo" "Conflicts: bar" "baz (&gt;&gt; 1.0) | bar (= 2.0), moo"</literal></para>
+
+ <para>The legacy operator '&lt;/&gt;' is not supported, use '&lt;=/&gt;=' instead.</para>
+
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term>
<listitem><para><literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks
for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>