Re: Bug#29382: apt: apt deletes packages after installation without any question
On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Martin Mitchell wrote:
> > That does little to help people make a snapshot of their packages on a CD,
> > for example. apt should be able to be configured to move downloaded packages
> > into a local archive.
>
> Are you trying to reinvent the -s option for apt-get with a simple command
> to copy/hardlink/whatever the files elsewhere, and then restart apt-get
> without the -s option? You can always divert apt and use the script below
> instead.
Eh? WTF does that do? Perhaps you mean -d? And even then there is no
point, apt-get does NOT erase packages, only apt-get from dselect.
Jason
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