> > Michael Jessop wrote: > > > > > > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific > > > package > > > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do > > > I tell it where to look for the package(s)? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > Mike
>Howard Mann wrote: > > Try this : > > > > 0 edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI: > > > > deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main > > > > 0 "comment-out" the other URI's in that file. >Joe Block wrote: > > You don't need to comment out the other URIs. apt is smart enough to > use the highest version number for any given package, so the > xfree-update packages will override the stock slink stuff. Sure. However, the user may not wish ( for whatever reason) to upgrade the other packages on his system, and stipulating only one URI in this case will speed-up the upgrade process. Do you agree? Cheers, Howard Mann.
