Re: deterministic dependencies target (stable / backports)
On Sun, 14 Aug 2016, Frank Niederwipper wrote:
> e.g [apt-get -s install -t jessie-backports linux-image-amd64] will
[…]
> apt-get -s install linux-image-amd64/jessie-backports
> linux-image-4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64/jessie-backports
The second command marks linux-image-4.6.0-0.bpo.1-amd64 as
manually installed, though. It’s also not nice to ask users
to do the dependency resolution manually on the command line.
On the other hand, I agree that backports should only be taken
into account for dependencies that can’t otherwise be fulfilled,
and the buildds already work this way.
But the APT mailing list (deity@l.d.o IIRC) is probably a better
place to ask, as this is about APT’s -t flag…
bye,
//mirabilos
--
Sometimes they [people] care too much: pretty printers [and syntax highligh-
ting, d.A.] mechanically produce pretty output that accentuates irrelevant
detail in the program, which is as sensible as putting all the prepositions
in English text in bold font. -- Rob Pike in "Notes on Programming in C"
Reply to: