On Fri, May 15, 1998 at 09:32:48PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > The beef is that you're arguing with me because the default happens to > suit you and you don't see where the problem is with marking things to be > held yet if the situation were reversed, where you would have to constantly > mark things to be upgraded, you would find it unacceptable.
Two points. Firstly, if you're running the stable distribution, then there should be very few packages to upgrade ever. If there are packages to upgrade, it means they are important fixes and you should install them. If you're running unstable, then you should either be tracking it properly (ie keep it up to date), or know how to use dpkg at the command line. If you're running rex and want to run parts of bo without upgrading everything, for example, then use the dpkg command line. Or use apt-get, which can install a package and all its dependencies without upgrading everything. In short, use the dpkg command line. The behaviour if dpkg, even if it isn't what you want exactly, works and is consistent. dpkg can do what you want. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
