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RE: blatent self promotion: apt/dpkg beginner guide



i've updated the list with your corrections and suggestions.  thanks for
the input.

adam.

On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:

> /var/lib/dpkg/info
>   location of the package maintainer scripts (postinst, prerm, etc) as well as
>   other pieces of packaging data like md5sums, conffile lists, etc.
> 
> auto-apt
>   useful tool, play with it and document it here
> 
> your data on dpkg --set-selections is wrong:
> sudo dpkg --set-selections hold foo
> dpkg: --set-selections does not take any argument
> 
> proper call is:
> dpkg --set-selections<enter>
> foo hold<enter>
> Ctrl-D
> 
> or maybe echo "foo hold" | dpkg --set-selections.
> 
> 
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