On Monday 02 September 2002 11:24 am, Ben Rosenberg wrote:
Yes, I got caught with my pants down once on this as well. I did a full update after a fresh install and didn't realize that in the 496 RPM's being updated that there was a kernel update in there as well. I just simply didn't look at everything that had been downloaded. For anyone who's interested. You can see what apt has downloaded in /var/cache/apt/archives. After you've looked at what is there you can delete those RPM's unless you want them.
I only got smacked once with that. The issue is though...after you do the massive update after the 8.0 install if you run apt to upgrade your system about once every week or so..your not going to get the huge amount of updates and it's much easier to manage. :)
Thanks to Richard Bos and Ben for your info. Richard is right, the info + cautions are there. They're just camoflaged. It would help the unwashed, like myself, if the warnings were a little less cryptic. A simple but bold CAUTION in the useage area when I was first doing the update would have made my day a lot brighter. APT is a wonderful addition and probably should be used instead of YOU. I know I will be using it more and more. Thanks to those who have made this possible. This is a great app but please, please tell us about the gotchas in plain simple terms. A simple "Watch your ass!" can save someone a lot of grief. ra