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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry id='cmdlineOptionFixMissing'>
+ <term>
+ <literal>-m</literal>, <literal>--ignore-missing</literal>,
+ <literal>--fix-missing</literal>
+ </term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If a package is unavailable or fails to download correctly
+ try to continue installing packages without it. The
+ package will still be marked for later installation, as
+ though <literal>--schedule-only</literal> had been used.
+ Configuration Item: <literal><link
+ linkend='configCmdLine-Fix-Missing'>Aptitude::CmdLine::Fix-Missing</link></literal>.
+ </para>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ This was the default behaviour in previous versions of
+ &aptitude; however it caused problems when trying to
+ detect errors using the exit status and was prone to
+ resulting in undesired effects.
+ </para>
+ </note>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry id='cmdlineOptionNoNewInstalls'>
<term>
<literal>--no-new-installs</literal>