Package: apt Version: 0.5.4 Severity: wishlist
I would find it quite useful to have a command (foo, say) so that if I have package1 and package3 installed, and I do: apt-get foo package1 package2 package3 then only package1 and package3 get installed [plus any new dependencies], but nothing happens to package2. The reason is that I maintain several machines with different packages installed, and I like to try to keep them in sync, without adding additional packages to some of them. I also like to do my upgrades in small chunks, so I often specify the packages on the command line. The above would allow me to use the same command line on several machines. "foo" could be "upgrade", and then this would be a natural extension of the upgrade command. But "foo" could also be "upgrade-if-installed" or something else. Dan -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux itchy 2.4.19-pre7 #1 Tue Apr 23 01:23:57 EDT 2002 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-7 The GNU stdc++ library -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
