On Thu, Aug 19, 2004 at 11:49:41AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > on Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:14:01AM +0800, John Summerfield insinuated: > > Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > >reading the debian weekly news, i noticed a couple packages that i > > >have installed with newly-discovered security holes in them. the > > >newsletter says about these packages "you know the drill." well, i > > >don't ...
> > apt-get update && apt-get upgrade > 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? Nori, There have been several good suggestions regarding your problem, but I'd probably try putting several of these packages on hold. If you are interested in getting completely up-to-date, you could put all these packages on hold and begin removing the hold on them a few at a time. You might not have to put more than a few on hold at the beginning if you have some big packages like kde, openoffice.org, and mozilla wanting to be upgraded. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
