Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-13 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0700, NewDeb wrote: > > Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get > the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying > to understand the difference between the NEW packages and the Extra > packages. W

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-13 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/12/08 23:25, NewDeb wrote: Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying to understand the difference between the NEW packages and the Extra packages. Why are they being called out sep

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 09:25:39PM -0700, NewDeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get > the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying > to understand the difference between the NEW package

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread NewDeb
Here is the output with apt-get install (albeit with --download-only. You get the same output if you were to go ahead with the real install) I am trying to understand the difference between the NEW packages and the Extra packages. Why are they being called out separately ? Even if some packages ar

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread Daniel Burrows
On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:27:23PM -0700, NewDeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the > NEW and Extra packages that are installed when dpkg -i is used. I don't recognize those offhand as dpkg output. Could you paste

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread Ron Johnson
On 08/12/08 14:27, NewDeb wrote: Hi all, I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the NEW and Extra packages that are installed when dpkg -i is used. Why are you installing with dpkg instead of apt-get or aptitude? -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "Do not

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread NewDeb
Perhaps I need to understand why these 2 categories are called out separately - what is the significance of saying that to install a package A, package X, Y are "NEW"ly installed and package Z is "Extra". Is it safe to say that the list of packages which were not there before but are now "brought

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
NewDeb wrote: > Thanks for replying !! > So is it safe to assume that "Extra" list of packages is always a subset of > the New Packages list. No. These categories are completely different. > > Thanks again, > > Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: >> NewDeb wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I am a Debian newb

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread NewDeb
Thanks for replying !! So is it safe to assume that "Extra" list of packages is always a subset of the New Packages list. Thanks again, Eugene V. Lyubimkin wrote: > > NewDeb wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the >> NEW and Extra pa

Re: difference between NEW and Extra packages in dpkg install

2008-08-12 Thread Eugene V. Lyubimkin
NewDeb wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a Debian newbie and was wondering what is the difference between the > NEW and Extra packages that are installed when dpkg -i is used. > > Thanks NEW packages - packages recently came to repository Extra - packages with priority extra -- Eugene V. Lyubimkin ak