Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: >>> Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> > golfer wrote: >>> > >>> >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back >>> >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, >>> >> this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing >>> >> routinely. >>> > >>> > The dist-upgrade option is not intended for routine use. Unless you >>> are > mistaking it for the "upgrade" option, it may be a bug or a >>> deprecated >>> > feature. An off-line dist-upgrade seems like a problematic feature to >>> > support. >>> Huh? >>> >> Consider the (admittedly rare) case - someone with CDs or DVDs and >> no readily available net access. [This happens to me at work more >> often than I'd like :( ] > > I agree that that's a valid definition of "offline" installation, but that's > not > what I was thinking when I used the word "offline" in my response to the > original poster. He had described a process which I'd never considered > before > -- downloading the packages using apt-get's "-d" (download) option. I was > expressing my doubts about the feasibility or safety of upgrading a > distribution > this way. But again the main point is that the dist-upgrade option is not a > supposed to be a routine procedure.
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