Re: apt-get update, a wishlist feature as tag in cvs
On Thu, Feb 10, 2000 at 11:44:12PM -0500, Daniel Burrows was heard to say:
> Hmm, so what you want is a way to upgrade a package without losing
> the 'stickiness' of the hold state? I really, *really* think this is a
> good idea, and it's not hard /technically/ to do, but I don't see an
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Once again I speak too soon...
This is not quite as simple as I thought at first. The main problem is
that I'll have to save the version you want to move to before running dpkg,
so I can tell whether it was successful or not. Also, I think the best
UI is to have the user target a particular package version; this also nicely
supports downgrading in cases where it's useful and is something I've wanted
to do for a while but never got around to..
Daniel
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