Re: hamm to slink upgrade via atp question

[Mark Wagnon <mwagnon@ixpres.com>]

servis@purdue.edu wrote:
> 
> You can upgrade small chunks at a time by using deselect to put sections
> on hold.  First start by putting everything on hold by putting the
> cursor over the
> 
> --- Updated packages (newer version is available) ---
> 
> line and hit the equal key(=). Then select the Required files for
> upgrade, move the cursor over the
> 
> ----- Updated Required packages -----
> 
> line and hit the plus key(+). 

I just discovered this last night. The more I play with dselect, the
more I like it :)


> Then exit the Select screen and
> start the Install.  After those are installed you can proceed to select
> other sections for upgrade in the same way. Work you way down the level
> of importance: Required, Important, Standard, Optional, Extra.
> You will have to deal with dependency issues along the way.  Also the
> 'Great X Reorganization' still has some upgrade issues so read all the
> descriptions, especially the xbase package.

Thanks for the tip.


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