Re: apt-0.6 off line usage
Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote:
>>> Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>>> > golfer wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back
>>> >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages,
>>> >> this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing
>>> >> routinely.
>>> >
>>> > The dist-upgrade option is not intended for routine use. Unless you
>>> are > mistaking it for the "upgrade" option, it may be a bug or a
>>> deprecated
>>> > feature. An off-line dist-upgrade seems like a problematic feature to support.
>>> Huh?
>>>
>> Consider the (admittedly rare) case - someone with CDs or DVDs and
>> no readily available net access. [This happens to me at work more
>> often than I'd like :( ]
>
> I agree that that's a valid definition of "offline" installation, but that's not
> what I was thinking when I used the word "offline" in my response to the
> original poster. He had described a process which I'd never considered before
> -- downloading the packages using apt-get's "-d" (download) option. I was
> expressing my doubts about the feasibility or safety of upgrading a distribution
> this way. But again the main point is that the dist-upgrade option is not a
> supposed to be a routine procedure.
Whatever gave you that idea?
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