>>>>> "J" == Jason Gunthorpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
J> On Thu, 9 Jan 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote: >> --no-act >> No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but >> do not actually change the system. Configuration Item: >> APT::Get::Simulate. >> >> Indeed it apparently does do lots... goes onto the network, etc. J> Huh? No it doesn't. i had added new servers to sources.list then did apt-get -s dist-upgrade i recall it tried to make network connections and change the filesystem [at least lock files] i think it considered getting Packages lists not something prohibited by -s, if so, the man page should say so. -- http://jidanni.org/ Taiwan(04)25854780
