On Aug 21, 1997, at 14:53, Bruce Perens wrote: > A substantial part of that 67MB is the X change for Richard Stallman. > XDM prints "Debian GNU/Linux" rather than "Debian Linux". All of X got > rebuilt to keep the release numbers consistent. I have no problem > accomodating Richard, but I don't need to rush this change to every last > user and make them spend money to get it, do I?
That sounds fine to me. I'm just about to install Debian from my Cheapbytes CD. What I need to know is this: say I'm done with installing from CD, I have a functional Debian system, and I point the package installer to one of the ftp sites to browse and see what it suggests I should update (I gather I can do this, can't I?). Now, say the installer suggests upgrading packages A, B and C. Can I know (without downloading them, that is) what has been changed in those packages between the versions I have installed and the versions on the ftp site? For example, I'm not going to download 67 MB just to get "Debian GNU/Linux" rather than "Debian Linux" on xdm (which I don't use anyway). How do I go about this? By the way, the CDs I got from Cheapbytes have the following printed on them: "Official" Debian 1.3 1 "Official" Debian 1.3 2 Have I been ripped off? Is this the latest 1.3.1 CD, or an older version? How could I check? > Bruce -- Gonzalo A. Diethelm G. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .