On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 07:04:00PM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 27/06/2000 (15:38) : > > That's what it's designed to do. If you look at the package listing > > when you select [S]elect, you'll normally see *** against each package. > > (This assumes you haven't set packages to "hold".) > > I see. > > Does apt-get install something also do this?
No, it will only install the desired package(s) plus any needed dependencies. With dselect, every installed package for which there is a newer package available (from running [U]pdate) will be marked for installation. You can put any which you do not wish to install on hold, however. > > That is if I need to install a couple of packages from woody do I also > get all the other packages upgraded? Not with apt-get install. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
