Re: APT 0.3.2 offline use
On Wed, Mar 17, 1999 at 02:27:37PM +0000, Vincent Murphy wrote:
> i just got APT 0.3.2. it is an excellent tool. i can't express how
> grateful i am to the people that created this. :)
>
> i have some comments to make about Jason Gunthorpe's offline 'sneakernet'
> use of apt-get though. the instructions as distributed with the package
> don't work for me. when you try to divert stdout to a file it doesn't
> work because apt-get asks "Do you want to continue?". i tried just piping
> the output of `yes` into the "apt-get --print-uris dist-upgrade" command
> and this worked, although i had to modify the uris file by hand
> afterwards.
>
> perhaps modifying apt-get so it prints "Do youwant to continue" to
> stderror might work, but i'm no expert programmer.
>
> thanks again for this cool stuff.
Speaking of apt, ...
is it possible to have apt _remove_ packages as well as install them ? it is a
pain having to remove them by hand with dpkg --purge. Also a remove all
packages from a given source, or all packages labeled so and so would be nice.
This way apt could label gnome-stuff all packages from gnome-stage-2 and i
don't have to remove all the tens off packages by hand.
Guess this should be sent to the deity ml, so i will cc it there.
Friendly,
Sven LUTHER
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