On Sat, 2 May 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. (Out of curiosity) is there any way to specify the server apt-get uses? > Are > we just out of luck if the default one goes down?
You should edit /etc/apt/sources.list (see souces.list(5)) or use Dselect to configure the APT method. Both will let you specify any server. I have a list of HTTP enabled servers at http://www.debian.org/~jgg/mastersourcelist > 2. Could I make a symlink from /var/cache/apt/archives to another > drive/partition with more space and let it keep the cached archives there? Yep. > 3. If apt retrieves a newer version of a package and stores it as usual in the > archives directory, does it delete the older one? or does that directory grow > without limit? It never erases the dir unless `apt-get clean' is done. If you are using dselect then this is done after a sucsessfull install run. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
