On Tue, 2006-01-03 at 15:40 +0000, Wookey wrote: > +++ 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).
ah ok, sorry, didn't read the initial part :-( Anyway, yes I suffer similiar issues and end up wget-ing packages from packages.debian.org not ideal. -goc- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
