On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 22:21:53 -0400, Hendrik wrote in message <20170722022153.gb8...@topoi.pooq.com>:
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 11:45:23AM -0400, Boruch Baum wrote: > > > The bad news is that if this is the only step I take, "apt-get" will > > want to upgrade 1248 packages (it looks more impressive when I > > write it out . . One Thousand, Two Hundred and Forty Eight > > packages) with a download size of 608 Mb. > > There really needs to be a way of doing this in a staged manner, > i.e., not all at once, for those who don't have huge disk space > available. ..there is, use aptitude, "u" to update, "U" to upgrade, ":" to pick stuff to hold back until "next time." -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng