Re: Apt-get Upgrade/Update question

[Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org>]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 07:49:03AM -0400, Shawn McMahon wrote:
> Many people skip the "apt-cache show webalizer" part, and just pray for
> the best.

Many people skip the "apt-cache show webalizer" part, and read what
apt-get has to say about it:

# apt-get install libdbd-pg-perl
[...]
The following extra packages will be installed:
  libpgsql2 libpgtcl postgresql-client
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libpgsql2.1
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libpgsql2
The following packages will be upgraded
  libdbd-pg-perl libpgtcl postgresql-client
[ Hmm...  Nope, I don't think I want to remove libpgsql2.1 and
replace it with libpgsql2... ]
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.

Much quicker, easier, more accurate, and more complete than using
apt-cache to track down the dependencies, their versions, the
versions of their dependencies, etc.

(This may be dependent upon having the line

Apt::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";

in /etc/apt/apt.conf, but I think it's the default behaviour.)

-- 
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have already won. - reverius

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