> I learned how to use dpkg from reading the man page. The thing is, you > did know that for which you were looking, else I wouldn't have been able > to find the answer. Before you asked, I didn't know how to do it (because > I never wanted to).
Well, I'll gladly agree to disagree. The last thing I want to do is argue about it. I read the manuals, I read the books I bought, I search the mailing list archives, I read the HOWTOs and FAQs and if all else fails, I ask. Perhaps it is a perfect system and only I am flawed, in which case there need no longer be upgrades to anything but my simple brain. ;) As the variety of responses to my question suggest, there's often more than one way to skin a cat. :) Sometimes the method that makes total sense to one just doesn't click with another. Phoenix