On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 06:44:47PM +0200, Tommi Komulainen wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:54:20PM -0500, Mullins, Ron wrote: > > > > If you use APT, you can 'apt-get upgrade -u' which will show you the > > packages to be upgraded. You can then say no to continuing and put on hold > > anything that you don't want coming down the pipe. > > You can achieve the same by adding the following line in > /etc/apt/apt.conf, with the exception that you will never again need to > manually add the -u on the command line: > > APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "yes";
cool! hey, wanna rub your eyeballs over my apt-get intro? i bet you can find something misleading or off-kilter there... http://eGroups.com/files/newbieDoc/apt-get-intro.html i'd appreciate it if you would -- and if you'd change anything, lemme know. -- There are only two places in the world where time takes precedence over the job to be done. School and prison. --William Glasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** http://www.dontUthink.com/ volunteer to document your experience for next week's newbies -- http://www.eGroups.com/messages/newbieDoc