Op 13-05-10 19:07, Mihamina Rakotomandimby schreef: >> Wolodja Wentland <wentl...@cl.uni-heidelberg.de> : >>> What is the optoin to pass to apt-get in order to make it just fetch >>> the .debs without installing them? >> It has already been pointed out that -d/--download-only is the correct >> option to pass to apt-get in order to keep apt-get from installing >> retrieved Debian packages. >> You have not explained why you want to do this, > > I have more bandwidth (1Mbps) at nitgh than during the day (256kbps). > I would like to launch a dist-upgrade, but I want it to happen face to > me. I'd rather pre-download the .debs and launch real dist-upgrade face > to face. > > Thank you all for your indications. I already have all the needed > packages downloaded, I'll dist-upgrade tomorow. Have you ever thought about apticron? It finds updates and downloads them for you, but leaves the final updating to you.
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