Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-08-03 Thread Joey Hess
Mirek Kwasniak wrote: On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:56:31PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: I've installed apt-get. It works great . . but. (You knew there was a but coming, right?) If I want to upgrade one package, e.g. icewm, to the version in unstable, Don't upgrade one only package from

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-08-03 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 04:40:01PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Mirek Kwasniak wrote: [...] Don't upgrade one only package from potato because potato depends on glibc2.1 and some packages on perl5.005. No, feel free to install any package from *any* debian distribution onto *any* other, so

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-08-03 Thread Remco van de Meent
Mirek Kwasniak wrote: On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 04:40:01PM -0700, Joey Hess wrote: Mirek Kwasniak wrote: [...] Don't upgrade one only package from potato because potato depends on glibc2.1 and some packages on perl5.005. No, feel free to install any package from *any* debian

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-23 Thread Martin Bialasinski
Carl == Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apt-get --install icewm should be all you need to do. Carl No, actually it isn't, since that would install the version in Carl *stable*. That's what I have installed now. What I'd like to Carl do is install the version in *unstable*, without

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-23 Thread egm2
On 22 Jul, Carl Fink wrote: | apt-get --install icewm | | should be all you need to do. | | No, actually it isn't, since that would install the version in | *stable*. That's what I have installed now. What I'd like to do is | install the version in *unstable*, without

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-23 Thread David Coe
egm2@jps.net wrote: On 22 Jul, Carl Fink wrote: | apt-get --install icewm | | should be all you need to do. | | No, actually it isn't, since that would install the version in | *stable*. That's what I have installed now. What I'd like to do is | install the

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-23 Thread Bill Leach
I too am woefully ignorant of apt... You should not need however to put on hold any package installed using dpkg if the package that was obtained is a later release than listed in the available. I have done this nearly countless times without ever using hold and no problem has ever come up. On

apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-22 Thread Carl Fink
I've installed apt-get. It works great . . but. (You knew there was a but coming, right?) If I want to upgrade one package, e.g. icewm, to the version in unstable, the only way the man page seems to permit would be to edit /etc/apt/sources.list so apt would look for *everything* in unstable,

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-22 Thread egm2
apt-get --install icewm should be all you need to do. On 21 Jul, Carl Fink wrote: | I've installed apt-get. It works great . . but. (You knew there was | a but coming, right?) | | If I want to upgrade one package, e.g. icewm, to the version in | unstable, the only way the man

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-22 Thread Mirek Kwasniak
On Wed, Jul 21, 1999 at 08:56:31PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: I've installed apt-get. It works great . . but. (You knew there was a but coming, right?) If I want to upgrade one package, e.g. icewm, to the version in unstable, Don't upgrade one only package from potato because potato

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-22 Thread Carl Fink
apt-get --install icewm should be all you need to do. No, actually it isn't, since that would install the version in *stable*. That's what I have installed now. What I'd like to do is install the version in *unstable*, without changing all my other packages to the unstable version. -- Carl

Re: apt-get: upgrade one package to particular version?

1999-07-22 Thread Pollywog
On 22-Jul-99 Carl Fink wrote: apt-get --install icewm should be all you need to do. No, actually it isn't, since that would install the version in *stable*. That's what I have installed now. What I'd like to do is install the version in *unstable*, without changing all my other