On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Bhargav Prasanna <bhargavprasa...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > <law...@thenilgiris.com> wrote: >> hi, >> in debian, apt-get sometimes asks whether to proceed or not, and at other >> times does not. Why is this? > > >From my experience of using apt-get in Ubuntu, I was able to arrive at > the following conclusion. Don't know if its correct. But I think this > is the reason. I think it is the same for Debian. > > apt-get asks for confirmation only when the package size is large. > Small packages are downloaded and installed without confirmation. >
Yes, same observation. :-) I found a link with some different reason. http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=3105&sid=59823166d605393f0ca06708e1feca53 -- With Regards Abhishek Amberkar Learn to appreciate a beauty within... _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
