aptitude: loading ChangeLog

2004-04-06 Thread Martin Kuball
Hi! When I download the ChangeLog of an upgradeable package with command "C" I get the ChangeLog of the old version. Naturally I want to see the ChangeLog of the new version to find out what actuall changed. So is this a bug in aptitude or am I doing something wrong? Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: keep users alert to packages deleted from debian

2004-04-03 Thread Martin Kuball
Am Friday 02 April 2004 22:46 schrieb Osamu Aoki: > > Don't use apt-get for serious administration; > apt-get install is useful, but for the rest you should use > real front-ends such as dselect and > aptitude. Would you like to explain this a little bit? What exactly is the advantage of using a

Re: SANE not installing properly

2004-03-27 Thread Martin Kuball
Hi, Am Thursday 25 March 2004 21:05 schrieb Tom Simnett: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > Im running Debian/sid and have just installed sane, xsane, > scanimage, and xscanimage. > > xsane and xscanimage work without problems, but the command line > sane and scanimage d

hints file for java fonts

2004-03-25 Thread Martin Kuball
Hi! I'm looking for a defoma hints file for the truetype fonts coming with the sun java jre's. Before trying to build one by myself - maybe someone already has a hints file and is willing to share? Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Installation Questions

2004-02-29 Thread Martin Kuball
Hi! I'm planing to install Debian on my desktop machine which already has a running Linux. But not Debian which I came to like recently because I use it on my laptop. So here is the question. Is it possible with the debian installer to skip some of the tasks? Especially formatting the partitio