Bug#152217: /usr/bin/apt-get: Add new apt-get download command and make download dir the current dir
On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 10:43:39AM -0400, Luis Mondesi wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.28.6
> Followup-For: Bug #152217
>
> apt-get download should simply be a call to (alias?):
>
> apt-get -o 'Dir::State::status "./"' \
> -o 'Dir::Cache "./"
> --download-only --reinstall install
If you try this, you'll see that it's not so simple indeed. The download
mechanism relies on a partial/ subdirectory in which to store downloads in
progress.
The simple answer is to use aptitude download.
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- mdz
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