On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 02:52:11PM +1000, Brian May wrote: > >>>>> "Martin" == Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Martin> Since the base system comprises our most important > Martin> packages, virtually all of which are installed on any > Martin> Debian system, your help is really needed! While Bug > Martin> Squashing Parties usually focus on Release Critical (RC) > Martin> bugs, we should also try to get the number of normal (or > Martin> even wishlist) bugs in the base as low as possible. This > Martin> involves writing patches or documentation -- everyone can > Martin> help with this; also non developers are encouraged to > Martin> participate. > > What is the easiest way to upgrade only base packages without > upgrading anything else (unless required?). > > Ideally I would like to upgrade/install anything section==base or > priority==required, but not anything else just yet (as I don't like > upgrading to much stuff, partly because of the huge bandwidth > required). > > Is this possible without manually copying&pasting from dselect? > Just enter dselect, then on each category that you have packages installed, except for base/required, choose to hold them '='.
Should be that simple, although I haven't run dselect in months. Gordon Sadler