Am 14. Sep, 2001 schwätzte Rajesh Fowkar so: > If I add in /etc/apt/sources.list > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian woody main contrib non-free > > and than do apt-get update, I can install any package from the woody tree. > However /etc/apt/sources.list also contains entries for the 3 Debian 2.2 R3 > CD's. > > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-3 > (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-2 > (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main > deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 r3 _Potato_ - Official i386 Binary-1 > (20010427)]/ unstable contrib main non-US/contrib non-US/main > > I am on a dial-up line, which no too fast :-) > Now the problem is, say I want to install something from the 3 CD's and try > to use apt-get install , apt tries to go to the net to upgrade to the > latest version of that package. This problem can be solved by commenting > out the woody line in /etc/apt/sources.list and than running > > apt-get update > > But the next time I am on net and want to upgrade to some package in woody > tree, I have to again download the Packages file ( which is around 1.3MB) > by doing apt-get update.
A couple of ways. One is to not do updates when woody isn't in your sources.list. apt-get will notice woody is commented out and ignore the packages files, even if they're on the machine. Better, though, is to upgrade to apt from woody ( I'd wait a few days until a bug fix comes through, though. Watch this list as I'm certain one of us will post when we see the fix come through. ), then take advantage of /etc/apt/preferences. Man apt_preferences once you've got apt >= 0.5 will give you some info. Also search this mailing list for posts I've made over the last couple of months that explain my experiences with it. A most wonderful capability. ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # Stell dir vor, es ist Krieg und keiner geht hin...
