On Fri, 4 May 2001, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Well, we'll see what > > happens. Maybe I'll get used to it. It's major "sell point", apt, isn't > > much use for me since I live behind a 28.8 modem and can't download > > updates just because I want it. Unless they are small... > > Apt is not limited to network access. It can also be used to upgrade > one version of a complete distribution to another. For example, > if you have a potato Debian, and woody gets released, you do: > > apt-get update # pointing to your CD > apt-get dist-upgrade > > and it will update all your packages to the new version in the correct > order. > > I think the major selling point of apt is its package ordering > capabilities for installation and upgrading.
Good point. Too bad no apt fans near me has bothered to tell me. Now I know. /andreas