On Sun, 17 Nov 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > One solution would be to hade an "unhold" feature, which sets the status > > according to the currently-installed status.
> I don't understand this. The 'default' behavior of dpkg-ftp is to _ask_ > the user if they want to get all of the new/updated packages prior to > initiating the ftp connection. If I only want one or two packages right > then, I can select only those packages and the rest can be retrieved (or > not) the next time I select [I]nstall. This seems to be exactly the > behavior you're looking for, yes? Maybe I've misunderstood. No. The problem here is that it asks *EVERY TIME* you go to download. Try this: On a clean install, using only 'stable' packages: Go to 'unstable' (to get kernel-package). See how many files you have to tell it to NOT get. Repeat a few dozen times for various packages that you later find you need. Don't use 'hold', as that would keep you from getting updates from 'stable'. You'll see exactly what I mean. | This is OFFICIAL WRITTEN notification that I want to be REMOVED | | from ALL commercial mailing lists. EVERY message sent from this | | account has had this request posted. ALL UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENTS | | SENT TO THIS ACCOUNT ARE IN VIOLATION OF FEDERAL (U.S.) LAW. | -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
