> -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Rhett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Alex Malinovich > Subject: Re: What's the best package manager for > single-package upgrades? > Let me rephrase. Either the US mirrors are screwed, or there > is less than > a dozen packages in testing. Because adding testing to the > sources list > and doing an apt-get update (which was successful) and then trying to > upgrade packages gets me next to nothing. I found hundreds > more packages > in 'security' than I did in testing, which actually baffles > me since they > should have much of the same content according to the debian > guidelines. >
Try adding this line to your /etc/apt/apt.conf file and see if you get better results with your 'apt-get update': APT::Default-Release "testing"; I learned this trick from 'man 8 apt-get' -Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]