Paul Yeatman wrote: [...] >> There is a note in the man page about putting the --no-act flag before the >> action: >> >> $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb >> >> Does that make it behave as expected? > > I wish but sadly no: > > $ sudo dpkg --no-act -i texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb > Selecting previously deselected package texlive-base. > (Reading database ... 150341 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking texlive-base (from texlive-base_2007.dfsg.1-2_all.deb) ... > pyeat...@pyeatman:~$ > > ...but I didn't catch that so thanks for pointing out!
Hmm. Take a look at this bug (especially message #19): <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=128560> I guess a workaround for your script is to parse the 'Depends:' line from dpkg -I and test if each of those packages are installed. - Chris B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
