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</para>
</sect2>
+ <sect2 id="introduction-ideas-transactions-repair">
+ <title>Transaction example: Repair</title>
+ <mediaobject id="pk-transactions-repair">
+ <imageobject>
+ <imagedata format="PNG" fileref="pk-transactions-repair-required.png" align="center"/>
+ </imageobject>
+ </mediaobject>
+ <para>
+ If the package management system is damaged, a repair may be required.
+ This is not automatically done befor each transaction as the user
+ may have to verify destructive package actions or make manual changes to
+ configuration files.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This transaction sequence is not common and is not supported on
+ many backends.
+ It may be completely implemented in the frontend or not at all.
+ </para>
+ </sect2>
+
</sect1>
<sect1 id="introduction-ideas-transactionid">