On Mon, Oct 05, 1998 at 11:50:19AM +0200, Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > >> "MS" == Marc Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > MS> What is the *right* way to sync to slink (or any other distribution)? > MS> I looked into dftp and found that it seems more like a method for > MS> installing new packages than keeping in sync with the most recent > MS> versions. > > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade should do the trick.
hmm why upgrade? I always use dist-upgrade for this function....from the man page: dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" con- flict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less impor- tant ones if necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. also...since it is a fulll update: apt-get update && apt-get -fy dist-upgrade I dunno...just my $.02 ..its how id recommend doing it ;) -Steve -- /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ E-mail "Bumper Stickers": "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" "honk if you Love Linux"