RE: dselect updating when Debian config changes
OK,
If you wish to get a new package that is released WITHOUT updating
all existing packages that have new versions, just use apt-get to install
tha package directly.
apt-get update #update the package DB
apt-get install <package>
Note, this WILL download and install updates to dependancies,
if they are needed.
A feature I would like to see (and one that I am not convinced doesn't
exist) is to be able to tell dpkg/apt/dselect to change current package
selections to match the current state of the system.
Bryan
On 15-Sep-99 Michael Talbot-Wilson wrote:
> G'day, all.
>
> How can I prevent dselect from downloading packages that are already
> installed, merely because the Debian version has changed?
>
> Really, it is intolerable that that happens. It can cost a lot of money
> in download fees.
>
> I have attepted to defeat it by general freezes, but that makes it a lot
> of work to select something when I want to upgrade. It is made worse by
> the terrible practice of splitting up the author's source into multiple
> Debian packages.
>
> Several weeks ago I decided that my Debian system had become totally
> unmaintainable. That was after I had modified a lot of selections so I
> could install something, and dselect for some reason told me that if I
> went ahead it would uninstall 90% of my system. I guess, instead of
> looking at thousands of listed packages I was doing group selections.
>
> I have reached total lockup.
>
> Please reply to the list, because I'm not going to ask again if no
> replies show up. Apologies if you've recently discussed it - I've
> resubscribed to the list only to ask this question.
>
> Regards,
> Michael Talbot-Wilson
>
>
>
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