On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 11:37:52PM +0100, Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt wrote: > William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Given that -source packages do not adequately specify the dependencies > > to be able to use the output, one must NEVER run "dpkg -i" a given deb > > without first running "dpkg --dry-run -i" on the same debs and verifying > > that it returns a zero exit code. > > Like rm, dpkg is a tool for system administrators. It will not protect > you from potentially harmful actions because it assumes that you know > what you do.
I already knew that. That's why I said you have to use it in this special way. Or else maybe you just like eyeballing things and doing everything manually, and you run slackware.
