On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 01:29:41PM -0400, David Teague wrote: > I read the man page for apt-get, but the action of -t is NOT made clear > there. In that man page I see the options > > -t > -target release > -default-release > > Then there is explanation that seems to apply to the last of these items, > but not the first two. (Probably my ignorance.) > > Please point me to a document that will explain the behavior of apt-get, > especially in this setting. Of course I would not reject any explanation > you might give, but I'd like something else to read besides that terse man > page. (After you have learned it, man pages are WONDERFUL, but not at > first :(
I have no good pointer for you. I learned the little I know after reading this mailing-list. > Finally, how do I restrict action to updating my gnome to gnome2 and > its dependencies? If you don't specify the -t option you are not contamined by experimental packages (because experimental has a lower priority than other debian archives). So if you want to get only the gnome2 packages out of experimental, you need to ask for them specifically (apt-get install -t experimental ...) or use the gnome2 meta package (apt-cache show gnome2) but this package is not always uptodate and you can't decide to install less than what is decided by it. Christophe -- Christophe Barbé <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> GnuPG FingerPrint: E0F6 FADF 2A5C F072 6AF8 F67A 8F45 2F1E D72C B41E As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. --Ellen Perry Berkeley -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
