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> I don't know about other package managers, but please don't generalize dnf's behavior here to the others, because apt-get and dpkg would be just fine in this
by the_why_of_y 10y ago
> I don't know about other package managers, but please don't generalize dnf's behavior here to the others, because apt-get and dpkg would be just fine in this case.
This claim is not matched by my personal experience. Recovery is usually possible, but depending on the particulars may require non-trivial efforts.
- kasabali 10y agoapt-get -f install is hardly non-trivial.
- the_why_of_y 10y agoMy point is that "apt-get -f" works less than 100% of the time, contrary to the "would be just fine" claim.
- kasabali 10y ago> works less than 100% of the time I can't say much about that without seeing some examples. Of course it may not calculate&offer an ideal strategy or even outright choke if the system is put into a manually induced dependency hell, but that's a different scenario than resuming an interrupted process which was otherwise progressing OK.