Re: Using aptitude non-interactively
On Wed, 2005-02-09 at 10:50 +0200, Alexei Chetroi wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 06:57:56AM -0800, Rich Rudnick wrote:
> Install apt-listbugs package. It will warn you if there're critical
> bugs in the packages you want to install. Personally, I use package from
> unstable with preference 60, so they are not installed automatically. If
> I understand correctly, after 10 days package sits in unstable without
> critical bugs, it is moved to testing, so usually I install packages
> from testing. But I'm also subscribed to debian-security-announce list,
> so when a package fixing security hole appears in unstable, I intstall
> these from unstable with: "aptitude install package/unstable"
Like many others I was bitten before any bugs were opened; apt-listbugs
would not have helped us. Luckily I had a VC I was already logged into
and I had a much easier time recovering than some others did.
I also seem to use unstable/experimental much as you do
testing/unstable :)
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