Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 01:27 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
Since the command aptitude download is generally used to (somehow)
fetch a .deb to the current directory, this really should work for file
sources, too.
The you have two copys of the files on your System...
For example I
Am 2005-03-12 08:54:47, schrieb Roland Stigge:
Hi,
Are we talking about features being good or bad? Or about intended
and documented behaviour? Consider someone that says, at the command
line: Get me a copy of this .deb into the current directory. (using
aptitude download package, as
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 14:16 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
Are we talking about features being good or bad? Or about intended
and documented behaviour? Consider someone that says, at the command
line: Get me a copy of this .deb into the current directory. (using
aptitude download
Am 2005-03-12 15:43:53, schrieb Roland Stigge:
Hi,
BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
it do? (Are you calling aptitude download package for the file
case if you _don't_ want the .deb file in the current directory?)
Because most people do not need to have
On Saturday 12 March 2005 01:03 pm, Michelle Konzack wrote:
Am 2005-03-12 15:43:53, schrieb Roland Stigge:
Hi,
BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
it do? (Are you calling aptitude download package for the file
case if you _don't_ want the .deb file in
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 19:03 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
it do? (Are you calling aptitude download package for the file
case if you _don't_ want the .deb file in the current directory?)
Because most people do
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:49 -0500, Daniel Burrows wrote:
Something you might not be aware of is that aptitude re-uses apt's download
routines to implement aptitude download; thus, file: URLs are handled the
same way as in apt-get. That doesn't mean it can't be changed [...] although
Am 2005-03-12 22:15:01, schrieb Roland Stigge:
Hi,
For me, personally, that would be fine. I don't know if it serves all
use cases well, though.
If only for you or a minority...
I hope that Michelle and you now understand that the respective use is
_not_ silly. Else, please suggest other
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 22:38 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
apt-get --print-uris package
give you a list fo remote and local files. Parse the file, 'cp' or
'wget' it to your desired directory and the work on it.
Although it is an inferior solution (I guess you mean the --reinstall
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.15.8-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
the man page of aptitude reads:
===
[...]
download
Downloads the .deb file for the given package to the current directory.
[...]
Am 2005-03-12 00:04:55, schrieb Roland Stigge:
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.15.8-1
Severity: normal
Since the command aptituce download is generally used to (somehow)
fetch a .deb to the current directory, this really should work for file
sources, too.
The you have two copys of the files
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