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Re: rpm auto get dependencies?



On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 05:20:53PM -0600, Richard Fifarek wrote:
> 	The prevailing opinion on auto installation is that it is a 
> dangerous means of systems administration, because it isn't smart enough 
> to know what should and shouldn't be on the system.

apt-get won't install anything other than what you request on the
command line without user confirmation, unless you use an option to
shut that off (which the man page rightly says is dangerous).

Steve
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