Does anyone have any idea what this does?

@FaheemMitha dpkg is perfectly happy to install into whatever tree you like (--root=...), and to use whatever package database you like. Some installation strategies depend on that even. All your permissions & owners end up broken though, and somehow you have to fix that. If you imagine a scenario where that's going to happen anyway (perhaps over NFS or a funny filesystem where having root doesn't actually help), or just setting up an image or chroot, then it might be worthwhile.

The only difference is that it won't immediately error out. That doesn't mean it works, just that it tries.

@MichaelHomer So, just to be clear, what happens with the not-root flag, since it doesn't actually have permission?

As far as I can see, it would fail completely.

Is it possible with ssh to access a domain (XXXX.us-east-1.es.amazonaws.com/_plugin/kibana) in my browser through my bastion.example.com

Hi folks, can 15K user have a look at unix.stackexchange.com/questions/354416/… did it need to be protected ?

it has relatively few view, but atracted poor answer.

@Moak I'm not clear what you're asking.

@Archemar I've protected it.

It's a reversible process, in case the concensus is that it doesn't need protecting.

And I'm a bit baffled why this question got any upvotes.

Why can't I vote to delete:

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I thought that was an option at 20k.

Looks like I need to do it from within the delete queue. Seems a bit more involved than necessary. Why not let people vote to delete from outside the queue?

well sometime I protect (I have done it at least 3 time), but for this one, I was unsure.

and maybe you can't delete an answer in review queue ?

@Archemar No idea. The rules are complicated and confusing.

Can a suitably privileged person unprotect a protected question, I wonder.

Hey all ;)

How you're getting current X11 layout in terminal ?

@FaheemMitha yes

@V.7 most people don't

@FaheemMitha Was that post's score nonnegative at the time you had wanted to vote to delete it from outside the queue?

@EliahKagan It was 0.

@FaheemMitha to vote to delete an answer, it must score <0

@Gilles Yes, I see it is now -1 and a delete field has appeared.

@Archemar when 3 answers from low-rep users are deleted, the question is automatically protected, so auto protection would have kicked in soon anyway

@Gilles OK good to know I protect more or less on same criterion ;(

And I get my name in the "deleted by" note. How exciting.

Interesting answer here - diy.stackexchange.com/a/126576/5137

Quote:

> Ebay is a bit of the "wild west", because you often have products sold direct to consumers from foreign countries (i.e. they bypass US regulations because they're sold and shipped from that country to you directly).

I didn't know that.