Re: Debian version and apt.conf (was Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it)

2005-06-12 Thread Marty
Chris Bannister wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:39:02PM -0400, Marty wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: >On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote: >>This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an apt.conf >>file. >>I wonder how apt can function without it? In particular, how do you >>spec

Re: Debian version and apt.conf (was Re: i think I switched to Etch without knowing it)

2005-06-12 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:39:02PM -0400, Marty wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >On (10/06/05 13:13), Marty wrote: > > >>This is all very mysterious to me, all these people lacking an apt.conf > >>file. > >>I wonder how apt can function without it? In particular, how do you > >>specify > >>your

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread Curt Howland
Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >More than I even want to think about, actually. Like I said before, >what I've been doing for years always seems to work. :-) The only thing I've ever changed is which release named subdirectory /etc/apt/sources.list points to, over several Debian release cyc

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread Marty
David Jardine wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:31:29PM -0400, Marty wrote: David Jardine wrote: >And I still don't understand where you got your apt.conf file >from - it was you wasn't it, Marty (teacher's pet :{ ). > If I did it was some years ago and I don't recall. But why did you call m

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread Chris Martin
On 6/10/05, David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:31:29PM -0400, Marty wrote: > > David Jardine wrote: > > >And I still don't understand where you got your apt.conf file > > >from - it was you wasn't it, Marty (teacher's pet :{ ). > > > > > > > If I did it was some y

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 06:31:29PM -0400, Marty wrote: > David Jardine wrote: > >And I still don't understand where you got your apt.conf file > >from - it was you wasn't it, Marty (teacher's pet :{ ). > > > > If I did it was some years ago and I don't recall. But why did you > call me a "teache

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread Marty
David Jardine wrote: On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 05:39:54PM -0400, Marty wrote: John Hasler wrote: >Marty writes: >>I still don't understand where apt gets the Debian version. > >Why do you think it cares? I thought apt "knew" about debian version. If the "version" is only a classification for gro

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread David Jardine
On Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 05:39:54PM -0400, Marty wrote: > John Hasler wrote: > >Marty writes: > >>I still don't understand where apt gets the Debian version. > > > >Why do you think it cares? > > I thought apt "knew" about debian version. If the "version" is only a > classification for grouping .d

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread Marty
John Hasler wrote: Marty writes: I still don't understand where apt gets the Debian version. Why do you think it cares? I thought apt "knew" about debian version. If the "version" is only a classification for grouping .deb files in the archives/repositories, then it raises many more questio

Re: Debian version and apt.conf

2005-06-10 Thread John Hasler
Marty writes: > I still don't understand where apt gets the Debian version. Why do you think it cares? -- John Hasler -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]