Marc Wilson wrote:
I don't know... why do you bother to subscribe to a mailing list, when you
can't be bothered to *read* it before whining about someone else's
posting?
Or did you not notice that I *did* define the terms?
I noticed, and I also noticed the tone you used. I just don't see
Marc Wilson wrote:
Is there a reason to not actually bother reading the man page for apt-get
and learning the difference between the two targets?
Why do you bother answer, when giving the answer makes you so uncomfortable?
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Hello Thanasis!
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 09:38:18PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
Let me rephrase that: Given that it is (for a system tracking testing)
at times necessary to do `dist-upgrade', is there any reason not to do
it always?
A quote from man apt-get
|dist-upgrade, in addition to
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 08:23:25PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
You're not wondering the same thing as me... I know perfectly well what the
two targets do. It's Bill Moseley who's doing the wondering.
I always do dist-upgrade also. Since I also always use -u, I'm not
worried about its
* Bill Moseley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031205 08:38]:
My question is if sources.list specifies woody instead of stable so
dist-upgrade will not someday upgrade to sarge and since a stable
distribution should not change dependencies, IS there a difference
between using upgrade vs.
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 10:01:37AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote:
* Bill Moseley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031205 08:38]:
My question is if sources.list specifies woody instead of stable so
dist-upgrade will not someday upgrade to sarge and since a stable
distribution should not change
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 08:38:02AM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
-u enables APT::Get::Show-Upgraded to true which lists what packages are
going to be updated, but, IIRC, APT::Get::Show-Upgraded is true by
default.
Yeah. It didn't used to be so, and many people change it so that it's not.
Using
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 04:31:25PM +0100, John L. Fjellstad wrote:
Marc Wilson wrote:
Is there a reason to not actually bother reading the man page for apt-get
and learning the difference between the two targets?
Why do you bother answer, when giving the answer makes you so
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:41:27PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
Is there a reason to use or not use dist-upgrade on Woody machines for
security updates?
Is there a reason to not actually bother reading the man page for apt-get
and learning the difference between the two targets?
'upgrade'
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:13:22PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:41:27PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
Is there a reason to use or not use dist-upgrade on Woody machines for
security updates?
Is there a reason to not actually bother reading the man page for apt-get
and
scripsit Bill Moseley:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 11:13:22PM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote:
[snip]
'upgrade' - apt CAN'T change a package's installation state
'dist-upgrade' - apt CAN change a package's installation state
[snip]
Therefore, it's been my assumption that in that case
Marc Wilson wrote:
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:41:27PM -0800, Bill Moseley wrote:
Is there a reason to use or not use dist-upgrade on Woody machines
for security updates?
Is there a reason to not actually bother reading the man page for
apt-get and learning the difference between the two
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:57:16PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
I wonder the same thing as Marc.
You're not wondering the same thing as me... I know perfectly well what the
two targets do. It's Bill Moseley who's doing the wondering.
I always do dist-upgrade also. Since I also always use
On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:11:30AM +0100, Benedict Verheyen wrote:
? So you automatically assume that when a person reads the man
page he understands what's being said?
That's not the best assumption IMHO.
No. I assume that if a person reads the man page, and does not understand
it, he will
scripsit Marc Wilson:
On Thu, Dec 04, 2003 at 02:57:16PM -0700, Thanasis Kinias wrote:
I wonder the same thing as Marc.
You're not wondering the same thing as me... I know perfectly well
what the two targets do. It's Bill Moseley who's doing the wondering.
Sorry, brain-finger connection
I always use dist-upgrade on my Woody machine when security
announcements come out. I do this out of habit -- I think early on I
had problems with just upgrade.
Is there a reason to use or not use dist-upgrade on Woody machines for
security updates?
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