On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 04:29:47PM -0700, Bob Nielsen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 05:08:47PM -0500, Michael Merten wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 15, 1999 at 05:15:29PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > > > Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > => > > > => Using 'apt-get update ; apt-get upgrade' appears to be safer than > > > => upgrading with dselect. The offending packages are held back and > > > => netscape, etc., are not marked for removal. > > > > > > Ahh! I was wondering why I saw around four packages held back when I last > > > upgraded. Thanks for that, too!!! Apt-get is truly remarkable. > > > > I'm too paranoid to use apt-get upgrade... at least with dselect you > > actually get so see *which* packages are getting upgraded/removed/etc. > > I can't see how blindly using apt-get upgrade can be safer. Anyone > > that trashes their system with dselect really should learn to pay a > > bit more attention to what they do. :) > > > apt-get upgrade won't list which packages it wants to upgrade, but will > list new packages, packages it will remove and packages held back, > giving you a chance to exit before it actually does anything. With > dselect, I kept going around in circles on the dependency/conflict > resolution screens. > > If you are really paranoid, you can always run 'apt-get -s upgrade' to > simulate what it would do. >
Ok, I added the following to my /etc/apt.conf file: APT { Get { Show-Upgraded "true"; }; }; I'll see how that works out. I don't know, maybe I'm just wierd, but I find the conflict resolution screens really helpful. Maybe I've just been using it long enough that I actually expect it to work the way it does?? Mike [I'm subscribed to the list, no need to CC: me on replys.] -- Michael Merten ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---> NRA Life Member (http://www.nra.org) ---> Debian GNU/Linux Fan (http://www.debian.org) ---> CenLA-LUG Founder (http://www.angelfire.com/la2/cenlalug) -- "No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson