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Re: [PLUG] aptitude/apt-get DB issue (fixed, fyi)
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> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:48:33 -0400
> From: Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>
> Subject: Re: [PLUG] aptitude/apt-get DB issue (fixed, fyi)
>
> Thanks for the data for the record, but could you please explain a couple of
> your dpkg options.
>
> What the heck are "no-debsig", "no-triggers", and "update-manager"?
>
> I could not find them in my dpkg man pages, nor could I find them online.
Huh, that's odd, since I got them out of my man pages...
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 9.10"
$ uname -a
Linux mini9 2.6.31-14-lpia #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:03:04 UTC 2009
i686 GNU/Linux
$ apt-cache show update-manager
Package: update-manager
[...]
Description: GNOME application that manages apt updates
This is the GNOME apt update manager. It checks for updates and lets the
user choose which to install.
[...]
$ man dpkg
[...]
--no-debsig
Do not try to verify package signatures.
--no-triggers
Do not run any triggers in this run (activations will
still be recorded). If used with --configure package or
--triggers-only package then the named package postinst
will still be run even if only a triggers run is needed.
Use of this option may leave packages in the improper
triggers-awaited and triggers-pending states. This can be
fixed later by running: dpkg --configure --pending.
[...]
I see "--no-debsig" in 'man dpkg' in Debian Etch, so that's been there a
while. And I see "--no-triggers" in Debian Lenny but not Ubuntu Hardy.
I don't have any Ubuntu machines but Hardy and Karmic handy, so I'm
not sure when it hit Ubuntu. Karmic for sure, might have been sooner.
Later,
JP
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