On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 15:14, Simon Wong wrote:
> What I'm trying to do is when I do an "apt-get upgrade" only packages
> with new version numbers NOT revision numbers are upgraded.
>
> e.g. lsof 4.64-1
>
> will only be upgraded if 4.65 or higher becomes available not 4.64-2.
>
> Is that possible??
I'd say "probably not" because even though you're running sid, the
packaging system is designed around the concept of a stable release
where updates are often only of the Debian revision, as in security
updates.
If you want to live on the Sid edge, you have to have bandwidth to spare
or you have to take a different approach, such as only upgrading
applications you want up to date and doing the odd "upgrade" when you
can stand the bandwidth hit.
I have bandwidth to spare (4M!) but I still only upgrade Sid when I find
out new versions of apps are about and I only upgrade those apps. I
rarely (read about quarterly) do a full upgrade at all.
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