Distribution quotes of the week

Posted Aug 10, 2017 11:11 UTC (Thu) by rahulsundaram (subscriber, #21946)
In reply to: Distribution quotes of the week by sourcejedi
Parent article: Distribution quotes of the week

> According to my test notes in the linked thread (search my username), the next invocation of apt-get will tell you to run `apt-get -f install` if that is required.

So, this is apt-get offering you a suggestion. Nothing to do with deb. Such suggestions are offered by yum/dnf as well when it detects duplicate packages etc. Could the suggestions be extended to cover situations? Very likely, yes. It has nothing to do with the underlying format.

The other article covers recommended best practice which is to run upgrades in a screen multiplexer to reduce the risks from being interrupted. That is a good practice no matter what packaging format you use.