Re: Getting The Most Out Of APT

[Mario Olimpio de Menezes <mario@curiango.ipen.br>]

Hi,

	Not answering but asking :-|
	How could I get a list of needed packages for a dist-upgrade
without downloading it over dial-up?
	I'll explain: suppose I want to upgrade my slink system. My
connection is a 56k (old fashioned too). It's impossible to do this
over dial-up. 
	So I would like to know what packages should be needed, go to a
colleague that has a 10Mbps connection, download the packages to one or two
zip disks and copy the packages to /var/cache/apt at home. 
	Is this possible?

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