On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 11:17:26PM -0800, A.J. Rossini wrote: > > Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 07:50:29PM -0800, A.J. Rossini wrote: > >> > >> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > >> > > >> > To install a package directly, with apt downloading any necessary > >> > dependencies: > >> > apt-get install rpmver-2.0-13498cl.i386.rpm > >> > >> couldn't this just refer to dpkg --install ? > > > > But that won't satisfy any dependencies that the package you're installing > > has. > > Got it -- a bit more than just parsing out... but suprisingly little > (other than someone's time, which is always worth a great deal...)
This would be a useful feature indeed. (assembling this message was a nightmare, please read http://www.river.com/users/share/etiquette/#inline) -- Jon Dowland http://jon.dowland.name/
