On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 11:49, Nori Heikkinen wrote: [...] > > right, but i can't do that. the rest of my message went on to say > that when i try to apt-get upgrade (i've already apt-gotten updated), > because i haven't done it in so long, apt tries to upgrade 500+ > packagest for me, which i don't have the space on /var to do. > > your solution is great, but i can't apply it until i figure out how to > get apt to do only part of those 500+ at a time, to the point where my > system is up to date. until then, though, how do i apply a security > patch? > > sorry if that wasn't clear. Well, what I have always done when I run into problems like that is to do this: apt-get update apt-get -u upgrade do not agree "apt-get install" a few lines of packages from the previous -u upgrade line, allowing you to accept the additional D/Ls (if any) beside the one you declared. Painful... yes. Doable, yes but reliable. And then "apt-get clean" after every install command. -- greg, greg@gregfolkert.net The technology that is Stronger, better, faster: Linux
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