hi, a friend of mine has some questions regarding debian. hope you guys could help me answer them :)
1) does 'apt-get upgrade' upgrades: i) the kernel, ii) base apps iii) local apps (/usr/local) 2) where does apt-get saves all it package information? 3) is there a way to just upgrade the local apps instead of all local/kernel/base at the same time? if so what is the apt-get argument? 4) what do we do if we need to synchronize the package information manually, say for some reason apt-get fails to include version information on newly installed package; it's still using the old version although the package has been overwritten by the latest version? how do debian define non-base apps? in the bsds, non-base apps which is called local apps are those not part of the vendor-approved base distribution. for example, apache13 is part of openbsd 3.4 base system while apache2 isn't so if were i to deploy apache2, it would be defined as local apps and be place in /usr/local. apache13, as opposed, is placed in /usr. getting back to debian, say for an application that is not part of debian base distribution, how do we go about getting apt-get to upgrade them, or does debian does not segregate the definitions of base/local apps? any program, (say postfix) that is installed regardless whether it's in the debian-cd or some other sites are always be defined as base apps or just apps, am i right? regards, wK (www.doubleukay.com) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
