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authorJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-06-10 23:13:58 +0200
committerJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-06-10 23:13:58 +0200
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parent1c99fa6d8e17d331a2f11ccf7061815cba03cb12 (diff)
downloadpython-apt-a6e3d4d872b852de308f19a15215180cb4116765.tar.gz
Acquire: Document that items may have transient errors on run() success
If run() succeeded, items may still have transient errors, like a Not Found error. Closes: #680997
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@@ -1599,8 +1599,12 @@ installation.
.. attribute:: RESULT_CONTINUE
- All items have been fetched successfully and the process has not been
- canceled.
+ All items have been fetched successfully or failed transiently
+ and the process has not been canceled.
+
+ You need to look at the status of each item and check if it has not
+ failed transiently to discover errors like a Not Found when acquiring
+ packages.
.. attribute:: RESULT_FAILED