Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-20 Thread Marty
Brian Nelson wrote: Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: But again the main point is that the dist-upgrade option is not a supposed to be a routine procedure. Whatever gave you that idea? Switching to stable. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe".

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-20 Thread Brian Nelson
Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: >>> Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> > golfer wrote: >>> > >>> >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back >>> >> on line and do the 'apt

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-19 Thread Marty
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > golfer wrote: > >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, >> this ma

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-19 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 09:38:58PM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > golfer wrote: > > > >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back > >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, > >> this may be ok, but i

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-18 Thread Brian Nelson
Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > golfer wrote: > >> The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back >> on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, >> this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing >> routinely. > > The dist-upgr

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-18 Thread golfer
On 10/17/05, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > golfer wrote: > > > The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back > > on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, > > this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing > > routinely. >

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-17 Thread Marty
golfer wrote: The only way I seem to be able to get packages installed is to go back on line and do the 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. For one or two packages, this may be ok, but it's not something I want to waste time doing routinely. The dist-upgrade option is not intended for routine use. Unless

Re: apt-0.6 off line usage

2005-10-17 Thread golfer
On 10/17/05, golfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've always used 'apt-get -d <>' to download updates and new packages > over my dialup and then gone off line and installed with 'apt-get > install <>'. However, now I'm unable to do this on apt-0.6. > > It will do 'apt-get update' and 'apt-get -d d