Thanks Kristian, I'll give that a go, so what sort of results I get. So I don't have to keep hitting myself with a clue stick :-) I've written a little script:
% cat aptitude_install #!/bin/bash LANG= sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude install "$*" On Sun, 2008-01-27 at 14:02 -0800, Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote: > On Jan 27, 2008 1:27 PM, Sonia Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (Apols for html - to prevent code wrapping). > > > > When I install stuff via apt-get/aptitude, I get this the warning: > > > > > > > WARNING: untrusted versions of the following packages will be > > > installed! > > > .. > > > Do you want to ignore this warning and proceed anyway? > > > To continue, enter "Yes"; to abort, enter "No": Yes > > Have you run ... > $ sudo aptitude update > ...lately? > -- > Kristian Erik Hermansen > "Know something about everything and everything about something." -- Sonia Hamilton blog: http://SoniaHamilton.wordpress.com -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
