On Thu, Aug 19 at 11:49AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > right, but i can't do that. the rest of my message went on to > say that when i try to apt-get upgrade (i've already > apt-gotten updated), because i haven't done it in so long, apt > tries to upgrade 500+ packagest for me, which i don't have the > space on /var to do. > > your solution is great, but i can't apply it until i figure > out how to get apt to do only part of those 500+ at a time, to > the point where my system is up to date. until then, though, > how do i apply a security patch?
to get all current security patches for whatever you have installed, comment out everything in your sources.list file except for deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free and then "apt-get clean", "apt-get update" and THEN "apt-get upgrade" i think. :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #42 from Pietro Cagnoni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and Kent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Would you like to DISABLE CONTROL-ALT-DEL? Piece of cake. Just comment the line out in /etc/inittab # What to do when CTRL-ALT-DEL is pressed. ca:12345:ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t1 -a -r now and then "kill -HUP 1" to have init re-read the file. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
