Bug#203419: /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz: say what to do after a -d session
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.8
Severity: minor
File: /usr/share/man/man8/apt-get.8.gz
"debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Subject: Re: apt-get -d is cool, but now to install them
> The apt-get --download-only is neat, but what about now later when you
> want to install them? No single command to then install all you've
> recently downloaded, without editing each history entry or scanning
> ctimes of files in /var/cache/apt/archives/?
>
<apt-get install should work ... it would'nt download the files again afaik
<.. or else try dpkg -i * in /var/cache/apt/archives.
OK, the man page should mention that one then uses plain "apt-get
install" with no packages listed, after a bunch of apt-get -d's
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