On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 02:57 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > Hello, > > I was taking a look at http://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackageManagement and noticed that something was > incorrect. > From the "Package Management with apt-get and dpkg"-section: > "To fetch the new lists of all the packages from sources.list enter as the Root User > > sudo aptitude update"
Since sudo isn't configured by default in Debian, we don't use it the examples. > That statement in itself is incorrect. When logged on as root, you don't use sudo. Correct, "sudo" should be removed from the command. > But apparently more and more ppl are using sudo for package management task and I don't know if > that's now the default/recommended way in Debian. (personally I think sudo is misused a lot). As I mentioned, sudo isn't configured at all by default. > So what's the best way to go about this? > - remove 'sudo' so that the above statement is correct (assuming the reader saw the 'Root User' > part) Yes > - prefix commands with $ or # depending on what rights are required No one ever worked on standardizing this is the wiki, your help is welcome if you are interested/motivated. > PS2: Is this the recommended way to discuss wiki related issues? You have two option: - use this mailing list - use a Discussion sub page (like wiki.debian.org/sudo/Discussion). the mailing list is my preferred option (because it is easy to read, reply, follow threads... and it is archived [by date]). Regards, Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
