Please clarify that apt-file can also search for parts of the full path of a file

2014-10-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
Package: apt-file Severity: minor On Vi, 24 oct 14, 13:44:06, Malte Forkel wrote: > Am 24.10.2014 um 13:08 schrieb Darac Marjal: > > Actually, apt-file will search the whole path (try 'apt-file search > > bin'). If you like, try the -x option to apt-file to specify a > > perl-compatible regex. >

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-14 Thread Greg Madden
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:25:37 -0700 RParr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > George Borisov wrote:RParr wrote: > Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid > packages to install for the following two situations: > > 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16,

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-13 Thread George Borisov
RParr wrote: > George Borisov wrote: >> >> What processor have you got? >> > > Dual Opteron; that's why I originally installed the linux*-amd64-k8 > versions. Hmm, I can't even see the 64 bit kernels in my apt-cache. This would make sense, as I'm not running 64bit. Over to someone else on t

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr
George Borisov wrote: RParr wrote: Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid packages to install for the following two situations: 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc. 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc. What processor

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr
Greg Madden wrote: On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:30:17 -0700 RParr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid packages to install for the following two situations: 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc. 2) install/update kernel

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread Greg Madden
On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 08:30:17 -0700 RParr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid > packages to install for the following two situations: > > 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc. > > 2) install/update ker

Re: Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread George Borisov
RParr wrote: > Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid > packages to install for the following two situations: > > 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc. > > 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc. What processor have you got?

Please clarify correct sid packages for 2.6.16 and for 2.6.17?

2006-07-12 Thread RParr
Could someone please clarify which is the correct set of Debian sid packages to install for the following two situations: 1) install/update kernel 2.6.16, headers, etc. 2) install/update kernel 2.6.17, headers, etc. both including the ability to install/build modules for nvidia, ivtv, vmware

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
Craig wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > > > The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo->hamm upgrade, AFAIK. > > > Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get > > > updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times. > > > > It is

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread Eugene Sevinian
Hello, I just tried to look at this site (http://debian.vicnet.net.au), but in vain. Anybody knows other places with autoup.sh? Does it works good with 1.3.0? > > my preferred method for upgrading to hamm is: > > 1. download autoup.sh and the tarball from > http://debian.vicne

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-19 Thread Craig Sanders
On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, E.L. Meijer (Eric) wrote: > > The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo->hamm upgrade, AFAIK. > > Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get > > updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times. > > It is usually a good idea to upgrade

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)
j: > > The autoup.sh is ment to be used in bo->hamm upgrade, AFAIK. > Normal updates are easy, just point dselect/apt to a mirror, get > updates and let it install. Just fire up and tap enter a few times. It is usually a good idea to upgrade dpkg first with dpkg, in case there have been enhanc

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Jaakko Niemi
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote: >> > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >> > >> > > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and >> > > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through >> > > every version,

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, > upgrade instructions? Thanks. imo, you'd be better off waiting for hamm (2.0) to be released - or order a pre-release hamm CD (there are several people who sell them...i think netgod

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Steve Lamb
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 23:30:26 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >Yes, but it is not the time to install hamm yet for an end user. I don't >think it is appropriate for Debian to switch over to Microsoft release >schedule (another extreme statement I'm happy to weak). Rats, I'm not an end user? *S

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Craig Sanders
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly > > through every version, even major version changes. > > "The success varied" and "that mostly all users can upgra

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Jun 98 05:10:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Oh yeah? On my hamm->bo DOWNGRADE, I had to UPLOAD more than that. Goddamn! You win. :-) Rob Wilderspin -- "But I need it to crash once every few days - reboots are the only chance I get to sleep..." --= (send replies t

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 12:08:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, upgrade > instructions? Thanks. I don't think there were a lot of instructions for those upgrades at the time, unlike the 1.3 -> 2.0 upgrade. There is a file READM

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:39:36 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences > seperate from your own. We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced > carpal tunnel) defendi

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread CHUCK
Can you give me or point me to 1.1 to 1.2 to 1.3, or 1.1 to 1.3, upgrade instructions? Thanks. Chuck Kaufman -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Fabien Ninoles
On Wed, Jun 17, 1998 at 02:33:04AM +, Robert Wilderspin wrote: > On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >There is the package "cruft" in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases > >with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further > >input into acco

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread paulwade
On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Robert Wilderspin wrote: > Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 03:27:50 GMT > From: Robert Wilderspin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Please clarify... > Resent-Date: 17 Jun 1998 04:20:23 - > Resent-From: debian-user@list

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 17 Jun 98 03:19:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > > Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not > > > desperate to upgrade? > > > > In case it is expensive for y

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Robert Wilderspin
On 16 Jun 98 17:39:36 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >There is the package "cruft" in slink, which will compare dpkg's databases >with the installed files and print the differences (taking a lot of further >input into account). It sounds like cruft does much the same as the "verify" script found i

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Ed Cogburn
Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > > Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not > > > desperate to upgrade? > > > > In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 05:38:51PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:36:24 +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > > >But that is a design goal of the distribution. If it is not being met, > >it is a bug -- please report bugs as appropriate. > > It is an unobtainable goal. I couldn't

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:25:08PM +0200, Jens Ritter wrote: > Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not > > desperate to upgrade? > > In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to > wait for official cdro

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-17 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:47:20AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > No, I draw an alternate conclusion based on facts and experiences > seperate from your own. We both could go blue in the face (or get advanced > carpal tunnel) defending our stances. I do not think either is wrong. I > just don't

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Jens Ritter
Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Should I really wait for the stable release? Seeing as I am not > desperate to upgrade? In case it is expensive for you to get internet access, it is wise to wait for official cdroms. 1.3.1 -> hamm takes ~50 MB of downloads. Jens --- [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:39:36 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >> I love that term, FUD. It implies an untruth. It is true that people >> have complained about a bo->hamm upgade on this list. >But you draw the wrong conclusions. I already told you that hamm is not >released. If there are many

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:20:02AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >there are two cases where an upgrade can fail: > > A monty Python fan there, eh? I study mathematics --- I can neither count nor calculate :) > >1) You waited to l

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 19:07:27 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >there are two cases where an upgrade can fail: A monty Python fan there, eh? >1) You waited to long. It may be hard to upgrade a rexx system (although >2) You changed the system in places unknown to dpkg. I'm not sure how much >3)

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 10:15:07AM -0700, Nick Moffitt wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > > every version, even major versio

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Nick Moffitt
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > every version, even major version changes. I was told that there was a way to auto-upgrade. Th

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 09:52:12AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:50:15 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > >Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and > >superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through > >every version, even ma

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 16 Jun 1998 18:50:15 +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: >Yes, but *there is no need for a re-install*! Debian has a great and >superior upgrading mechanism, and your system will update cleanly through >every version, even major version changes. Rght, that is why we see people in here

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 07:48:26AM -0700, Neil Cheshire wrote: > Hi, > > Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian releases. I > currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? Yes. > I haven't really done much > to my system so was going to reinstall w

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread servis
On 16 Jun, David Z. Maze wrote: > > Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > NC> Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian > NC> releases. I currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I > NC> haven't really done much to my system so was g

Re: Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread David Z. Maze
Neil Cheshire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: NC> Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian NC> releases. I currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I NC> haven't really done much to my system so was going to reinstall NC> with Debian 2.0 which is hamm ,

Please clarify...

1998-06-16 Thread Neil Cheshire
Hi, Could someone please clarify for me about all the Debian releases. I currently run Debian 1.3 which is bo , right? I haven't really done much to my system so was going to reinstall with Debian 2.0 which is hamm , ok so far? So what is slink? Is this what is coming out in June,