Keeping the /etc/apt/sources.list in a reasonable state is something
that Debian can't help the admin with.
[Rural modem users have lots of CDs.]
Ron Why not use -t? I have a mostly sarge system with some sid.
Ron The -t makes it very easy to do this:
Ron # apt-get -t testing upgrade
Ron #
On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:34, Dan Jacobson wrote:
Keeping the /etc/apt/sources.list in a reasonable state is something
that Debian can't help the admin with.
[Rural modem users have lots of CDs.]
Ron Why not use -t? I have a mostly sarge system with some sid.
Ron The -t makes it very
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:10:06 +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
aptitude or even dselect will display packages that are not in the
archive as obsolete or local, making it easy to tell when you have
something outdated.
...
This tool (pan) hasn't done such a hot job of quoting, but
I have two questions.
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 00:10:06 +0200, Joey Hess wrote:
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redirecting.)
Maybe, maybe not.
I guess I'm hoping for a warning that a package is 'out of fashion'
when I try to apt-get install it.
The problem is that you are using a
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Dan Jacobson wrote:
there seems no mechanism at present to warn the user that he shouldn't
install it, even if he has done apt-get update from the mirrors. In
bug 202919 you will see I was just lucky something
Joey Hess wrote:
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Dan Jacobson wrote:
there seems no mechanism at present to warn the user that he shouldn't
install it, even if he has done apt-get update from the mirrors. In
bug 202919 you will see I was just lucky
On Sun, 2003-07-27 at 18:16, Travis Crump wrote:
Joey Hess wrote:
[snip]
Seven reasons why you should be using aptitude instead of apt-get.
1. aptitude can look just like apt-get
If you run 'aptitude update' or 'aptitude upgrade' or 'aptitude
install', it looks and works just
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