On 6/21/03 6:58 AM, "Colin Watson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 07:20:16AM -0400, Shawn Lamson wrote: >> On Fri, June 20 at 5:19 PM EDT >> "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Based on the preferences set, I fail to see how my update installs so >>> much un-stable ?!?! >> >> Can I ask why you do $dselect update instead of $apt-get update ? Maybe >> dselect looks at /etc/apt/sources.list and doesn't ever >> look at the /etc/apt/preferences file? > > No. Michael is doing the right thing here. When configured to use apt as > its access method (as is the default), 'dselect update' runs 'apt-get > update' and then merges the output into dpkg's available file. I advise > never using 'apt-get update' directly. > > Cheers, Just for background info, how does doing Update within aptitude fit into this system? Thanks, Bill -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
