Package: apt Version: 0.5.8 Severity: minor File: /usr/bin/apt-get maybe at least warn if -t can't find any lists for the version the user gave
!From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> !Subject: Re: packages removed by Release Manager just reveal older versions !Resent-From: [email protected] ! !On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 01:34, Dan Jacobson wrote: !> > 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. ! !Hmmm, unless I'm reading you wrong: !Since all you have in sources.list is sid, shouldn't you expect "-t !testing" to have no effect? ! !Of course, I did not know that you only have sid in your sources.list...
