+++ Geoff O'Callaghan [06-01-03 15:31 +1100]: > On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 03:14 +0000, Wookey wrote: > > +++ Nikita V. Youshchenko [05-12-29 11:32 +0300]:
> > Also does no-one else know how to make apt-get just download a binary > > package? (or aptitude use an apt conf file) Is it not possible without > > writing some code? > > You mean like apt-get -d ? as I explained in the original mail, -d does not stop dependency checking, so if you just want to download one package, irrespective of dependencies (in this case because I want a particualar arm package for cross-compiling) then it doesn't help. (aptitude download does do what I want, but there seems to be no way to point it at an apt.conf file specifying all the non-standard directories I want it to use). Wookey -- Aleph One Ltd, Bottisham, CAMBRIDGE, CB5 9BA, UK Tel +44 (0) 1223 811679 work: http://www.aleph1.co.uk/ play: http://www.chaos.org.uk/~wookey/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
