Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-11 Thread Julio Merino
On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 11:32:15PM +0200, Jürgen A. Erhard wrote: Sean == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would install, without actually installing it, regardless of the version of the existing

Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-10 Thread Jürgen A. Erhard
Sean == Sean 'Shaleh' Perry [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would install, without actually installing it, regardless of the version of the existing package if any? Sean apt-get -s foo bar Sorry, but it doesn't show

Re: two apt-get questions

2000-09-08 Thread Shaul Karl
1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say stable or unstable on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would install, without actually installing it, regardless of the version of the

RE: two apt-get questions

2000-09-08 Thread Igor Mozetic
1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say stable or unstable on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? no, I dont believe so I have several /etc/apt/sources.list.XYZ files with woody instead of potato, or security.debian.org instead of my mirror in

two apt-get questions

2000-09-07 Thread Krzys Majewski
1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say stable or unstable on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would install, without actually installing it, regardless of the version of the existing

RE: two apt-get questions

2000-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 07-Sep-2000 Krzys Majewski wrote: 1. Is it possible to apt-get install, specifying say stable or unstable on the command line, rather than by editing /etc/apt/sources.list? no, I dont believe so 2. How do I get apt-get to tell me which version of a package it would install, without