[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I was just wondering. Apparently a LOT of packages have been > upgraded on the debian ftp site since I first installed the "unstable" > dist. However, I dont recieve mail about these changes.
You should get dftp, which is probably the single most useful tool on my system (next to dpkg). It's written in csh, and it's a little crufty, but it is exactly the right tool for the job. Once you have a system installed, you really don't need dselect at all, just dftp. You tell dftp where to find the debian development tree, and it ftp's the Packages file and compares it against your system, then pops up an editor with a list of packages with their descriptions, listing upgraded packages in one section, new packages in another section, and ignored/not upgraded packages in a third. You just comment/uncomment a few lines, and then dftp ftps and optionally installs all the packages you requested. With about 15 minutes of work once a week, my system stays up to date with the current development tree. Bill Gribble
