* Hugh Saunders ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > not avoiding woodyr1 but i dont have fast connection [56k dialup] so i > want to aptiutude to install what i select and its dependencies [nothing > else- bit like apt-get install -which is what i end up using!] but as > ive fiddled about with it, aptitude has a list of about 150 packages it > wants to upgrade/install so everytime i use aptitude i use the shift-i > to only install what i want. [if want to upgrade, do apt-get update && > apt-get upgrade -y and leve it over night!] > > so not essential as can use apt-get but to make aptitude more usefull > it would be good to be able synchronise its status with the current > system package status
hum, you _could_ rename sources.list, do an update then put it back... not sure if that'd cause a plaugue of locusts or not though. iain > > hugh > > ps: replying to right place this time! > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- wh33, y1p33 3tc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
