On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Mahesh Aravind <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Tue, 12/8/09, A. Mani <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 7. Initially /var/cache/apt/archives will be emptied by >> upgrade tool >> 8. let upgrade tool start the download. >> 9. pause, move back the archives and resume >> > > This is not what APT docs say. Maybe graphical tools flush the cache before > attempting to download new packages. Maybe I'm wrong. Please correct me on > this one.
All this happens because of the upgrade script. It is different. In 8.10 --> 9.04, a new folder is created for the downloaded packages. In the OP's case, that is probably recreated. > Also, graphical tools like Synaptic does not allow to mark, and then exit the > tool before > going ahead with the operation. In aptitude, you can mark > install/uninstall/hold, exit the > tool, and come back later to proceed with > operation. Synaptic or adept is not involved. They use a special upgrade script, which takes over from those. Best A. Mani -- A. Mani ASL, CLC, AMS, CMS http://www.logicamani.co.cc _______________________________________________ Indian Libre User Group Cochin Mailing List http://www.ilug-cochin.org/mailing-list/ http://mail.ilug-cochin.org/mailman/listinfo/mailinglist_ilug-cochin.org #[email protected]
