Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 22:38 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> apt-get --print-uris
>
> give you a list fo remote and local files. Parse the file, 'cp' or
> 'wget' it to your desired directory and the work on it.
Although it is an inferior solution (I guess you mean the "--reinstall
inst
Am 2005-03-12 22:15:01, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Hi,
> For me, personally, that would be fine. I don't know if it serves all
> use cases well, though.
If only for you or a minority...
> I hope that Michelle and you now understand that the respective use is
> _not_ silly. Else, please suggest oth
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 13:49 -0500, Daniel Burrows wrote:
> Something you might not be aware of is that aptitude re-uses apt's download
> routines to implement "aptitude download"; thus, file: URLs are handled the
> same way as in apt-get. That doesn't mean it can't be changed [...] althou
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 19:03 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
> > it do? (Are you calling "aptitude download " for the "file"
> > case if you _don't_ want the .deb file in the current directory?)
>
> Because most people
On Saturday 12 March 2005 01:03 pm, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 2005-03-12 15:43:53, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> > Hi,
> >
> > BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
> > it do? (Are you calling "aptitude download " for the "file"
> > case if you _don't_ want the .deb
Am 2005-03-12 15:43:53, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Hi,
> BTW: Why are you so resistant to the suggested change? Which harm would
> it do? (Are you calling "aptitude download " for the "file"
> case if you _don't_ want the .deb file in the current directory?)
Because most people do not need to have
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 14:16 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > Are we talking about features being "good" or "bad"? Or about intended
> > and documented behaviour? Consider someone that says, at the command
> > line: "Get me a copy of this .deb into the current directory." (using
> > "aptitude
Am 2005-03-12 08:54:47, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Hi,
> Are we talking about features being "good" or "bad"? Or about intended
> and documented behaviour? Consider someone that says, at the command
> line: "Get me a copy of this .deb into the current directory." (using
> "aptitude download ", as do
Hi,
On Sat, 2005-03-12 at 01:27 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> > Since the command "aptitude download" is generally used to (somehow)
> > fetch a .deb to the current directory, this really should work for "file"
> > sources, too.
>
> The you have two copys of the files on your System...
>
> Fo
Am 2005-03-12 00:04:55, schrieb Roland Stigge:
> Package: aptitude
> Version: 0.2.15.8-1
> Severity: normal
> Since the command "aptituce download" is generally used to (somehow)
> fetch a .deb to the current directory, this really should work for "file"
> sources, too.
The you have two copys of
Package: aptitude
Version: 0.2.15.8-1
Severity: normal
Hi,
the man page of aptitude reads:
===
[...]
download
Downloads the .deb file for the given package to the current directory.
[...]
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