On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 07:35:49PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 08:21:11PM +0200, Peter Palfrader wrote: > > On Fri, 02 Apr 2004, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > > Anyway, it seems no tool keeps users alert that some of their > > > packages are "no longer". Perhaps it should appear when one does > > > dist-upgrades, or maybe a deb orphan-like tool that one could run > > > from crontab. > > > > You mean like dselect? > > Also aptitude. Don't use apt-get for serious administration; 'apt-get > install' is useful, but for the rest you should use a real front-end. > > -- > Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let me add this to my reference starting paragraph. <chapt id="package">Debian package management <p> Don't use <prgn>apt-get</prgn> for serious administration; <tt>apt-get install</tt> is useful, but for the rest you should use real front-ends such as <prgn>dselect</prgn> and <prgn>aptitude</prgn>. -- Did I screw-up English? Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
