> Keeping the /etc/apt/sources.list in a reasonable state is something > that Debian can't help the admin with.
[Rural modem users have lots of CDs.] Ron> Why not use "-t"? I have a "mostly sarge" system with some sid. Ron> The "-t" makes it very easy to do this: Ron> # apt-get -t testing upgrade Ron> # apt-get -t unstable install evolution mozilla-browser mozilla-psm when I do apt-get dist-upgrade or upgrade, I always see the same results, "-t testing" or not. Perhaps because all I have is sid stuff in /etc/apt/sources.list. Perhaps a bug. > If you use aptitude to install everything, it will keep > track of what packages are pulled in by dependencies alone, and > remove those packages when they are no longer needed. But I cannot promise aptitude fidelity till death do us part. Last time it caught me flirting with some less significant tool and scrambled my records in revenge. I guess I'm not one for commitments. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
