On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 15:47:50 +0200
Alexander Thomas <alexander.thomas+d...@esaturnus.com> wrote:

[...]
> > --force-yes e.g. also disables the 'Do as I say' prompt before
> > destroying your system^W^W^Wremoving (pseudo) essential packages.
> >
> > It is on my TODO list to drop the --force-yes flag and replace it
> > with specialised --allow-* flags 'just' to force users to
> > acknowledge what it is they are saying yes to. Somehow most people
> > are way more willing to add --allow-everything than
> > --allow-prostate-exam …
> 
> I think the second highest-rated answer here is one of the reasons for
> the popularity of --force-yes:
> http://superuser.com/questions/164553/automatically-answer-yes-when-using-apt-get-install
> Anyone with sufficient reputation to make comments, may want to add a
> remark about --allow-unauthenticated in an attempt to stop people from
> shooting at the unsigned mosquito with a bazooka.

Just did that, thanks for the suggestion.


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