On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 06:53:59PM -0500, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 11:00:26AM -0800, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2007 at 11:22:36AM -0500, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > was heard to say: > > > $ time aptitude update asdf > > > E: The update command takes no arguments > > > > > > While dist-upgrade notices extra arguments, but they don't seem to have > > > any effect on behavior or exit status. But upgrade asdf doesn't seem to > > > even notice them. > > > > > > See also apt #362864. > > > > darcs head should now complain loudly if a command that doesn't use > > its arguments is given arguments. Note, though, that dist-upgrade does > > in fact read its extra arguments (you can toss in extra commands to be > > included in the upgrade). > Great! Do you mean extra packages?
Any command that's legal for "install". e.g., aptitude dist-upgrade foo blah/testing bar- x_ Daniel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]