Re: keep users alert to packages deleted from debian
On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:35:49PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 08:21:11PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote:
> > On Fri, 02 Apr 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> > > Anyway, it seems no tool keeps users alert that some of their
> > > packages are "no longer". Perhaps it should appear when one does
> > > dist-upgrades, or maybe a deb orphan-like tool that one could run
> > > from crontab.
> >
> > You mean like dselect?
>
> Also aptitude. Don't use apt-get for serious administration; 'apt-get
> install' is useful, but for the rest you should use a real front-end.
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
Let me add this to my reference starting paragraph.
<chapt id="package">Debian package management
<p>
Don't use <prgn>apt-get</prgn> for serious administration;
<tt>apt-get install</tt> is useful, but for the rest you should use
real front-ends such as <prgn>dselect</prgn> and <prgn>aptitude</prgn>.
--
Did I screw-up English?
Osamu
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