Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-15 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sun, 15 Jun 2003 02:22:22 +0100 Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > and bug #188900 seems fixed. > > > > Thanks. But this morning listbu

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-15 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 12:37:34AM -0400, Graeme Tank wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:59:55AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Have you tried aptitude? It's like dselect but with a bit more brain. > > I recall using aptitude briefly as a Debian novice on stable, but found > apt-cache (search|sh

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Graeme Tank
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:59:55AM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Have you tried aptitude? It's like dselect but with a bit more brain. I recall using aptitude briefly as a Debian novice on stable, but found apt-cache (search|show) and apt-get install easier for upgrades within stable. I can eas

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > and bug #188900 seems fixed. > > Thanks. But this morning listbugs still says it's open. There isn't much > point in having this facility if it doesn't

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Graeme Tank
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:12:57PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 > Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm using testing: > > $ dpkg -l binutils > > ii binutils 2.14.90.0.4-0.1The GNU assembler, linker ... > > > > and bug #188900 seems f

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Richard Kimber
On Sat, 14 Jun 2003 01:29:09 -0400 Graeme Tank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, am I right in assuming that the #188900 bug is such that I > > should avoid upgrading binutils? > > > I find dselect useful in these situations. During package selection, you > can hold a given package. If at a

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 01:29:09AM -0400, Graeme Tank wrote: > I find dselect useful in these situations. During package selection, you > can hold a given package. If at a later time you want to unhold it, > well, choose the unhold option. Have you tr

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-13 Thread Graeme Tank
On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 01:24:50PM +0100, Richard Kimber wrote: > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have > grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know > about. > > Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Richard Kimber
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:04:01 +0200 Wolfgang Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:50:10 +0200, Richard Kimber wrote: > > > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these > > have grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I > > don't k

Re: apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Wolfgang Fischer
On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 14:50:10 +0200, Richard Kimber wrote: > I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have > grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know > about. > > Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package? I'm

apt-get upgrade advice

2003-06-11 Thread Richard Kimber
I have 50 or so testing packages in line for upgrade. Some of these have grave bugs open. Some have grave bugs I can live with. Some I don't know about. Is there a way of telling apt to upgrade all _except_ a given package? I'm not keen on dealing with packages one by one. Also, am I right in a