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  • Bug#264175: why should apt-get -qq update be dangerous?

    From Matt Zimmerman@1:229/2 to Marc Haber on Sun Aug 15 22:20:07 2004
    From: [email protected]

    On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 02:54:14PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

    apt-get(8) says about --quiet:

    |Note that quiet level 2 implies -y, you should never use -qq without a |no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may decided
    |to do something you did not expect.

    What would be dangerous with apt-get -qq update?

    That comment does not apply to the 'update' command; it's aimed at those
    which install/remove/upgrade packages.

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  • From Marc Haber@1:229/2 to Matt Zimmerman on Sun Aug 15 22:30:13 2004
    From: [email protected]

    On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 12:46:56PM -0700, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
    On Sat, Aug 07, 2004 at 02:54:14PM +0200, Marc Haber wrote:

    apt-get(8) says about --quiet:

    |Note that quiet level 2 implies -y, you should never use -qq without a |no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may decided
    |to do something you did not expect.

    What would be dangerous with apt-get -qq update?

    That comment does not apply to the 'update' command; it's aimed at those which install/remove/upgrade packages.

    That's what I thought. The manpage should be modified to reflect this.

    Greetings
    Marc

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  • From Marc Haber@1:229/2 to All on Sat Aug 7 15:10:07 2004
    From: [email protected]

    Package: apt
    Version: 0.5.27
    Severity: minor

    Hi,

    apt-get(8) says about --quiet:

    |Note that quiet level 2 implies -y, you should never use -qq without a |no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may decided
    |to do something you did not expect.

    What would be dangerous with apt-get -qq update?

    Rationale for this question: apt-get update displays its output in the
    order the download servers have reacted in. This is not deterministic
    and thus makes it hard to determine whether any changes have occurred.
    I'd like to have an option that safely downloads new package files
    while reliably creating the same output if no error has occurred.

    Greetings
    Marc

    -- Package-specific info:

    -- System Information:
    Debian Release: 3.1
    APT prefers unstable
    APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
    Architecture: i386 (i686)
    Kernel: Linux 2.6.7-janeway
    Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE

    Versions of packages apt depends on:
    ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-14 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-5 GCC support library
    ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-7 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3

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