*- On 7 May, Wayne Topa wrote about "Re: Help with apt" > > Or if you do apt-get upgrade <shudder> > > Add the potato link to sources.list and then just do > apt-get update ( to let apt & dselect know about the potato Package > lists) then apt-get install apt. > > Then I would comment out the potato entry in sources.list, lest I > forget and do apt-get upgrade, and blow the whole thing out! > >> Of course, I can always just go download the deb and run dpkg on it, but is >> there a better way? > > Yes, as I said above. > > Dselect ? Do people 'still' use that? >
Dselect is great for upgrading in small blocks. Use it to put whole sections on hold(=). This is what I did during the hamm->slink freeze period when X was going through rapid fire updates. Also good for isp's that have quotas on downloads/<period>. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------