On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 01:53:35AM -0400, Filipus Klutiero wrote: > Package: synaptic > Version: 0.57.9 > Severity: normal
Thanks for your bugreport. > "Add downloaded packages" seems to be designed to install upgrade > packages downloaded from a different machine. Yes, it is the "opposite" of the "generate download script" menu item. Stuff that was downloaded with such a script can be added with that menu item (in fact anything that is availalbe in the current authenticated Packages list can be added this way if it passes the md5sum check). > IMHO the function of this item is not clear. As it's not documented, I > would expect users to assume that "Add downloaded packages" could > replace a "dpkg -i foo.deb" for, say, packages not in Debian downloaded > manually. Unfortunately, synaptic simply ignores these packages > discretely throwing a "Can't find pkg foo" on console, and doesn't give > any feedback (such as "0 upgrade packages found, 2 unknown packages > ignored"). What do you think about the following two tooltips to the buttons: +"Generate a shell script so that you can download the selected packages on a different computer" +"Add packages downloaded with the 'Generate package download script' option to the system Cheers, Michael -- Linux is not The Answer. Yes is the answer. Linux is The Question. - Neo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
