Incoming from Leif W: > From: "s. keeling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Incoming from Leif W: > > > > > > I'm sorry if this question has been asked or answered before, but I > > > > Ignoring all your insults to the apt maintainer, > > Not intended as an insult but as an indicator of the reality of the > situation. If the truth is insulting, it's not my problem. I've done
Continuing with the insults, I see. You have a monopoly on truth? > > I'll just tell you what you need to do: > > > > - edit /etc/apt/sources.list > > > > I use stable/woody. These are what I have in /etc/apt/sources.list: > > Over 2 years ago I used stable, then I used testing for about a year, > and have been using unstable for some months now with relative ease. Marvy. > > deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/ woody main contrib non-free > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ woody/non-US main contrib non-free > > deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main contrib non-free > > This is similar to what I already have. Different sites (which have > Packages.bz2 files), and no security with unstable. If I look at the I think you need to read up on what exactly is unstable. > file size being downloaded or transferred, it is the Packages.gz file > size, not the Packages.bz2 file size, which is significantly different. I have no idea what you're talking about. > > - apt-get update > > > > That downloads Packages.* > > > > - apt-get upgrade > > > > That downloads and installs the software/updates that apt determines > > you need. > > I initially used this technique but with dist-upgrade, until I > discovered that apt-get didn't always upgrade some things (maybe it was > a bug at the time, I never understood the quirk), nor did it show me new > packages which I might be interested in, such as a front-end like > aptitude or dselect. Oh, so you know about aptitude? Why aren't you using it then?!? What was your original question for?!? > Thank you again for the response. Although it didn't yield the solution > I hoped, at least I know someone else doesn't know either. ;-) Plonk! -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]