I have been running 'apt-get-update' from cron during the night. Root gets sent the output which is much as one would see in a terminal.
However, following a recent message from someone (Colin Watson???) to the list suggesting that it is better to run aptitude than apt-get directly, I have been experimenting with 'aptitude update' instead. However the output from this that is emailed to root is not helpful, and is always of the form:- 9% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file] Err http://www.phy.olemiss.edu testing/main Packages Connection failed r file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% [Waiting for file]99% .... etc., with no indication of what, if anything, has been achieved. Is there a way of getting aptitude to give output similar to what one gets in a terminal, like apt-get? Or should I not be doing this at all? Thanks, -Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
