Hi, * Tim Verry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021128 12:13]: <snip> > > I've also noticed dozens of posts to this list with "apt-get ..." and almost > none that mention dselect, what's up with that?
Cause we all love apt-get, and only use dselect if we really have to... I haven't used it in about 2 years. However if you prefer that style of package management front end have a look at aptitude or gnome-apt. > If I do an "apt-get upgrade" would that be roughly the same as just accepting > dselect's "suggestions" or whatever they are? How does apt-get resolve all > this mess while dselect seems to get confused? ...thats all part of the apt-get magic ;-) > If I do an "apt-get upgrade" how I can I copy all the text into a file for > later perusal? If I > then it doesn't work as I can't answer the prompts. Install apt-listchanges, it doesn't do exactly what you want, but after an upgrade it will email you a list of all the upgraded packages, and relevant log entries. As, they say, apt-get into it. Nick. -- Debian testing/unstable Linux onefish 2.4.19-lavienx #1 Sat Sep 21 19:58:12 EST 2002 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
