Mackenzie Morgan wrote: > I would like to know how they handle situations where the person hasn't > updated in 3 weeks and the package has been updated in the meantime. > > Say, for example: > -0ubuntu1 is currently installed > -0ubuntu3 is available to install > > Do they need to install -0ubuntu2 and THEN -0ubuntu3?
if you have a simple name scheme then apt could look for foo-0ubuntu3_upfrom-0ubuntu1 if its not found then apt falls back to using foo-0ubuntu3 then it would be up to the repository admin to decide what packages were kept. it might make sense to have a diff against the previous version, and diff against the original release version (for people who just installed from CD) looking at opensuse's repo http://download.opensuse.org/pub/opensuse/update/11.0/rpm/x86_64/ it looks like they only have the delta to the previous version. mac os system updates come it 2 versions. one that updates from the previous minor version (10.4.3 to 10.4.4) and one that will update from any previous (from any 10.4.x) sam -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
