on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:01:14AM -0500, David insinuated: > On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:49:41AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > on Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:14:01AM +0800, John Summerfield insinuated: > > > Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > > > >reading the debian weekly news, i noticed a couple packages > > > >that i have installed with newly-discovered security holes in > > > >them. the newsletter says about these packages "you know the > > > >drill." well, i don't ... > > > > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > > > right, but i can't do that. the rest of my message went on to say > > that when i try to apt-get upgrade (i've already apt-gotten > > updated), because i haven't done it in so long, apt tries to > > upgrade 500+ packagest for me, which i don't have the space on > > /var to do. > > > > your solution is great, but i can't apply it until i figure out > > how to get apt to do only part of those 500+ at a time, to the > > point where my system is up to date. until then, though, how do i > > apply a security patch? > > Nori, > > There have been several good suggestions regarding your problem, but > I'd probably try putting several of these packages on hold. If you > are interested in getting completely up-to-date, you could put all > these packages on hold and begin removing the hold on them a few at > a time. > > You might not have to put more than a few on hold at the beginning > if you have some big packages like kde, openoffice.org, and mozilla > wanting to be upgraded.
hi david,
problem's been solved -- i just hadn't realized that i needed to do an
"apt-get install <packagename>" to upgrade a single package.
thanks!
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