[Rock-dev] Autoproj apt-get bug

[Charles Lesire-Cabaniols]

I see the point, effectively. So why is apt-get complaining the the '-y'
option is not sufficient?

2011/11/17 Martin Fritsche <Martin.Fritsche at dfki.de>

> Charles Lesire-Cabaniols schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > When using autoproj in osdeps mode, it launches 'sudo apt-get install'
> > to get dependencies with the '-y' argument.
> > My system (Ubuntu 10.04) complains that "-y is used without --force-yes".
>
> That's not a bug, it's a feature. The missing --force-yes helps to
> protect your system. According to the manpage "Using force-yes can
> potentially destroy your system!" When you apply it, apt-get doesn't
> abort or ask even if it wants to remove essential system packages. This
> can result in a non working system.
>
> > I had to add the --force-yes argument to the apt-get commands on the
> > autoproj_bootstrap script, and on autoproj osdeps.rb file.
>
> You really should undo this.
>
> Martin
>
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