On Sat, Jul 05, 2003 at 10:08:45PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > 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 would have been more likely to suggest using 'dselect update', for the reason that that also keeps /var/lib/dpkg/available up to date. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
