On Monday 26 December 2016 12:21:15 Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 12/26/2016 4:12 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
> > On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 01:47:25 -0600
> > Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote:
> >
> > Hello Richard,
> >
> > {hopefully with a clearer head and a more stable connection...}
> >
> >> I wonder if it had specific implications "once upon a time" and
> >> now means nothing more than the empty box i.e "Not installed".
> >
> > It means /exactly/ what the help display says. It's a *new* package in
> > the repo. Even though you installed from DVD, the standard install
> > process goes online to fetch updated packages. When the install
> > finishes, you will already have that online repo added to your
> > sources.list file. If you don't want to use that repo, simply disable
> > it in Synaptic.
>
> Yes, BUT <chuckle;>
> The reason I do my installs from DVDs is that I have limited
> bandwidth.
> The machine in question physically has NO internet connectivity
> at all.
> If it is significant, the DVD set is 8.6.0 .
If it has NO internet connectivity at all, how does it know whether there are
any updates? Or are you using a new DVD set, and it is saying that there are
new packages on this DVD set from the DVD set you used to do the
installation?
Whatever repositories you use, they now have in at least one uninstalled
package that was not there before. Even allowing for the pond, I can't see
why "new uninstalled" is difficult to understand. :-/
Lisi
Lisi
