Re: Handling of removed packages
On Thu May 29 2008 16:58:41 Russ Allbery wrote:
> Mike Bird <mgb-debian@yosemite.net> writes:
> > Many people do extra levels of testing before
> > rolling out updates with "dpkg -i". With "apt-get"
> > you never know when the package lists will be updated.
>
> Uh... the package lists are updated when you run apt-get update. I must
> be missing something.
ssh test-box
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
tests
ssh live-server
apt-get update
... sometimes gets a slightly different package list
The only time we use apt-get is as a convenience when testing different
package versions.
All packages on live servers and workstations are installed with
"dpkg -i" to ensure we're using a tested combination. We could
manually copy the package lists or "apt-get install foo=x.y.z"
but "dpkg -i" is more convenient.
--Mike Bird
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