Add to that that if you apt-move it afterwards, you can get your own partial upgrade repository (even on CD)!
Jeff Green wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > A cronned apt-get upgrade might be a bit much, and I myself only do > > "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade --download-only". This parks updates > > in /var/cache/apt/archives, but doesn't install packages until > > requested manually by me on the command line. > > > > Now this is a good idea (though actually for webservers tthe downloading > is rarely slow, except for ones in India!!!) I shall try this on a few, > thanks! > > Jeff > > > Because Debian packages may require manual intervention at install time > > (this is a Good Thing, dammit!), this still automates the tedious and > > slow portions of a system upgrade. > > > > -- > > Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself > > Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org > > What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! > > http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org > > GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
