From 9d4c8f671af479cba90e1db2f68d9abf9daaa4a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arch Librarian Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:54:34 +0000 Subject: Force-LoopBreak Author: jgg Date: 1999-08-12 05:59:47 GMT Force-LoopBreak --- doc/apt.conf.5.yo | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/apt.conf.5.yo') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3