Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-23 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
Yes, but when you're upgrading your existing packages, and the dependencies have changed to such a degree to require *new* packages, that almost always implies a major change, such as a stable - testing transition, not a security fix for a package in stable (which is what security.debian.org

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread chandler
I wasn't going to jump in on this thread/flamewar, but since I have been bouncing on D in the mailer a lot more than normal the last couple days, I feel like one more post won't hurt... so here's two cents worth. First, I want to encourage list posters in the future to reconsider voicing

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread michael
On Sunday 22 July 2001 11:17 am, Rob VanFleet wrote: If you're upgrading for security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. apt-get remove junkbuster wwwoffle --purge Not so hard to me. Have you ever bothered to lower your message priority in debconf? dpkg-reconfigure debconf. Choose 'low'.

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread Kenneth Pronovici
If you're upgrading for security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. In michael's defense, take this entry from the apt-get mapage: dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the func­ tion of upgrade, also intelligently handles chang­

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:28:31PM -0500, Kenneth Pronovici wrote: If you're upgrading for security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. In michael's defense, take this entry from the apt-get mapage: dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the func­

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread chandler
I wasn't going to jump in on this thread/flamewar, but since I have been bouncing on D in the mailer a lot more than normal the last couple days, I feel like one more post won't hurt... so here's two cents worth. First, I want to encourage list posters in the future to reconsider voicing their

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread Rob VanFleet
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 07:59:47AM -0500, chandler wrote: Similarly, after a recent apt-get dist-upgrade (intended to grab security updates only, Then why did you dist-upgrade? I think it's pretty self-explanatory that if you're upgrading from one distribution to another (like from stable to

Re: apt-get install apache (was red worm amusement)

2001-07-22 Thread michael
On Sunday 22 July 2001 11:17 am, Rob VanFleet wrote: If you're upgrading for security and bug fixes, you use upgrade. apt-get remove junkbuster wwwoffle --purge Not so hard to me. Have you ever bothered to lower your message priority in debconf? dpkg-reconfigure debconf. Choose 'low'.