Re: saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-11 Thread Nano Nano
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 01:43:36AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris > > gives you the URI and the filename. Since you have both, you can > > either use wget's -O to put it in the right place when downloading, > > or rename things to

Re: saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-11 Thread Dan Jacobson
> Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris > gives you the URI and the filename. Since you have both, you can > either use wget's -O to put it in the right place when downloading, > or rename things to the correct filename afterwards. In http://jidanni.org/comp/apt-offl

Re: saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-10 Thread Alan Shutko
Dan Jacobson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps someone can resubmit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 so the > strategy behind > $ man apt-get >--print-uris > can get documented somewhere. Why? It might change, and you don't need it. apt-get --print-uris gives you the URI and the filename.

Re: saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-10 Thread Dan Jacobson
Perhaps someone can resubmit http://bugs.debian.org/231776 so the strategy behind $ man apt-get --print-uris Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file name on the remote site! can get documented somewhere. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-08 Thread Nano Nano
On Sun, Feb 08, 2004 at 09:36:50AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote: > Say, apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris makes lines with URL FILE SIZE MD5. > What are the bad things that might happen if I just use wget to get > the URLs, without using the FILEname? I intend to use > dpkg-scanpackages later. > > H

saving .debs to their original name

2004-02-08 Thread Dan Jacobson
Say, apt-get dist-upgrade --print-uris makes lines with URL FILE SIZE MD5. What are the bad things that might happen if I just use wget to get the URLs, without using the FILEname? I intend to use dpkg-scanpackages later. Hopefully the URLs are OK on Windows and CDROMs too, which I might need to