Re: apt-get question..
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 04:10:38PM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote:
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> On Mon, 12 May 2008, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>> On 05/12/08 13:48, ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:
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>>> I have a debian system installed and want to dist
>>> upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade
>>> only the installed debs and not to download everything
>>> under the sun!
>>>
>>> Is such a thing possible?
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>> Define "download everything under the sun!". I say that, because a
>> dist-uprade *must* download all necessary packages.
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> Thanks that is clear now.
If you want less stuff installed, then you can tell aptitude not to
install 'recommends',
-K
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