Re: What do you wish for in an package manager?
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 09:30:13PM +1030, Matthew Tuck wrote:
> - if my apt download was terminated halfway through and I have no
> internet time left, I would still get to install my fully downloaded
> packages without messing around with dpkg and trying to work out the
> dependencies manually
apt-get -m -> "Attempt to continue if archives are unlocatable"
> Secondly, the ability to specify higher priorites for certain packages
> you really want to download, which will download before the lower
> priorities. Often I want to promote certain packages, because they're
> new or have important bugfixes or new features I want to see ASAP.
apt-get install them first.
Hamish
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Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <hamish@debian.org> <hamish@cloud.net.au>
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