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-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-get.cc34
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-get.cc b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
index be194f2db..92a263e50 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-get.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-get.cc
@@ -1495,21 +1495,29 @@ bool TryInstallTask(pkgDepCache &Cache, pkgProblemResolver &Fix,
bool found = false;
bool res = true;
- for (Pkg = Cache.PkgBegin(); Pkg.end() == false; Pkg++)
+
+ // two runs, first ignore dependencies, second install any missing
+ for(int IgnoreBroken=1; IgnoreBroken >= 0; IgnoreBroken--)
{
- pkgCache::VerIterator ver = Cache[Pkg].CandidateVerIter(Cache);
- if(ver.end())
- continue;
- pkgRecords::Parser &parser = Recs.Lookup(ver.FileList());
- parser.GetRec(start,end);
- strncpy(buf, start, end-start);
- buf[end-start] = 0x0;
- if (regexec(&Pattern,buf,0,0,0) != 0)
- continue;
- res &= TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,Remove,false,ExpectedInst);
- found = true;
+ for (Pkg = Cache.PkgBegin(); Pkg.end() == false; Pkg++)
+ {
+ pkgCache::VerIterator ver = Cache[Pkg].CandidateVerIter(Cache);
+ if(ver.end())
+ continue;
+ pkgRecords::Parser &parser = Recs.Lookup(ver.FileList());
+ parser.GetRec(start,end);
+ strncpy(buf, start, end-start);
+ buf[end-start] = 0x0;
+ if (regexec(&Pattern,buf,0,0,0) != 0)
+ continue;
+ res &= TryToInstall(Pkg,Cache,Fix,Remove,IgnoreBroken,ExpectedInst);
+ found = true;
+ }
}
+ // now let the problem resolver deal with any issues
+ Fix.Resolve(true);
+
if(!found)
_error->Error(_("Couldn't find task %s"),taskname);
@@ -2635,7 +2643,7 @@ bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &CmdL)
" -d Download only - do NOT install or unpack archives\n"
" -s No-act. Perform ordering simulation\n"
" -y Assume Yes to all queries and do not prompt\n"
- " -f Attempt to continue if the integrity check fails\n"
+ " -f Attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place\n"
" -m Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable\n"
" -u Show a list of upgraded packages as well\n"
" -b Build the source package after fetching it\n"