Sterner warning about breakage with --force-reinstalls?

Daniel Fischer daniel.is.fischer at googlemail.com
Mon Jan 14 23:34:43 CET 2013


Maybe

Warning: The following packages are likely to be broken by the reinstalls:
...
Use --force-reinstalls if you want to install anyway.

is a bit too inviting for new users, cf.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14326112/haskell-module-not-found-hidden-
package

Perhaps it should read "if you really know what you're doing" or some such.



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