Re: Help with apt
*- On 7 May, Wayne Topa wrote about "Re: Help with apt"
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> Or if you do apt-get upgrade <shudder>
>
> Add the potato link to sources.list and then just do
> apt-get update ( to let apt & dselect know about the potato Package
> lists) then apt-get install apt.
>
> Then I would comment out the potato entry in sources.list, lest I
> forget and do apt-get upgrade, and blow the whole thing out!
>
>> Of course, I can always just go download the deb and run dpkg on it, but is
>> there a better way?
>
> Yes, as I said above.
>
> Dselect ? Do people 'still' use that?
>
Dselect is great for upgrading in small blocks. Use it to put whole
sections on hold(=). This is what I did during the hamm->slink
freeze period when X was going through rapid fire updates. Also good
for isp's that have quotas on downloads/<period>.
--
Brian
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