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[SteveRiley]

Yep. That's why it's rather difficult to break an APT/DEB-based system, but rather easy to render one mostly non-functional

[Spadge]

Yeah, it's different in ports on FreeBSD. You can do anything you like to that and so long as you use the force switch it will let you. Then you can recompile everything back into a working state after you've thoroughly broken it. Two very different but equally valid philosophies.

[SteveRiley]

Well, if you really want to break APT/DEB, there's always dpkg --force-things. I've done considerable damage with that

[Spadge]

Yeah, erm, no.

[kubicle]

Well, if you really want to break APT/DEB, there's always dpkg --force-things. I've done considerable damage with that

It can actually be useful in some cases...of course it should be wielded with the same caution you'd use with a chainsaw when ice sculpting.

[SteveRiley]

Indeed. On occasion, APT will throw up its hands when it can't figure out how to do something without causing breakage. A little bit of dpkg surgery can get everything going right again.