Activity log for bug #103881

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2007-04-06 20:58:49 Scott Kitterman bug added bug
2007-04-06 21:22:31 Scott Kitterman description Binary package hint: apt In Feisty when removing unwanted packages, apt-get asks for confirmation (Y/n) and then proceeds to remove even if the response is not Y. In this case I just hit carriage return. The confirmation should fail unless Y is provided. $ sudo apt-get remove bind9 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-2.6.20-13-generic linux-headers-2.6.20-13 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: bind9 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 807kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 132838 files and directories currently installed.) Removing bind9 ... * Stopping domain name service... bind Binary package hint: apt In Feisty when removing unwanted packages, apt-get asks for confirmation (Y/n) and then proceeds to remove even if the response is not Y. In this case I just hit carriage return. The confirmation should fail unless Y is provided. This is currently as designed, but it makes it easy to accidentally approve the removal. Default should be N so it takes typing a key to remove stuff from your system. Someone who can do so should set this to importance wishlist. $ sudo apt-get remove bind9 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: linux-headers-2.6.20-13-generic linux-headers-2.6.20-13 Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them. The following packages will be REMOVED: bind9 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 807kB disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? (Reading database ... 132838 files and directories currently installed.) Removing bind9 ... * Stopping domain name service... bind
2007-04-06 21:22:31 Scott Kitterman title apt-get remove does not actually require a "Y" to remove packages apt-get remove default should not be Y.
2007-04-07 03:29:33 Brian Murray apt: status Unconfirmed Confirmed
2007-04-07 03:29:33 Brian Murray apt: statusexplanation
2007-04-09 17:35:09 Scott Kitterman apt: importance Undecided Wishlist
2007-04-09 17:35:09 Scott Kitterman apt: statusexplanation apt-get is currently operating as designed, so wishlist.