Documentation clarification
Thomas Lange
lange at informatik.uni-koeln.de
Wed Mar 20 11:13:14 CET 2002
>>>>> On 20 Mar 2002 09:44:33 +0100, Ronan KERYELL <Ronan.Keryell at enst-bretagne.fr> said:
> But could anybody clarify me a few things ?
I will try.
> Paragraph in fai-guide.sgml 2.3pre, section 6.4 ?
> And in 6.5 :
> « Script <file>S07disk.pl</file> can be used to define classes
> depending on the number of local disks or the size of these
> scripts »
That's a typo. It should be:
".. on the number of local disks or the size of these disks".
> For section 6.8 « install » and « remove », there is a conflict
> on « + » and « - » with Debian Policy 2.3.1 since « + » and « -
> » can appear everywhere in a name (I've first thought to prepend
> them instead of appending, but they can also appear in front of
> a name too... :-( ). What about to jump to a « package/+ » or «
> package/- » syntax instead ?
But apt-get will handle this correctly, I think. So
# apt-get remove g+++
or
# apt-get install g++-
should be ok. And the install_packages script passes the package names
including the + or - to apt-get
> I don't understand in the install paragraph « All package names
> are checked for misspelling. If a package doesn't exist, it is
> automatically removed from the list of packages to install. »
That's a new feature.
> with the later paragraph « If you specify a package that does
> not exists (e.g. you make a typo), the the whole installation of
> software package will not be started. » Is the whole
> installation of all software packages or only this software
> packages ?
This was the old behaviour. If a package name is wrong, then no
software package will be installed. This is a "feature" or a bug of
apt-get, so of FAI.
--
Gruss Thomas
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