Okay, I said I'd be asking some more... Here goes: I recently updated everything to "woody", per Tom Gilbert's suggestion. It all went pretty well. At least it's working now. Now, when I want to keep updated, I run "apt-get update", then "apt-get dist-upgrade". My complaint it, it wants to install a few, if not more, packages that I've selectively removed. For example, diald -- that's the one that comes to mind. I don't want diald, nor do I have it currently installed.
First, why does it want to add this package, among others, back in ?? Is it part of the "base" installation (sorry, I could check that -- I think -- but I'm at work now). If so, I understand the logic. What I'm comparing it to <shields up> is an RPM-based distros method of "upgrading". I think it looks at what's installed and updates those packages (and dependencies) at the least. Right ?? I'd like "apt-get dist-upgrade" to do that. Regards Hall Stevenson
