[Slapt-get-user] Upgrading EXCLUDEs
Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org
Mon Oct 29 19:46:48 EDT 2007
Hi Jory,
> What is the recommendation for upgrading EXCLUDEd packages? Can it be
> done with slapt-get on an individual basis, or should upgradepkg be
> used, instead?
>
> For example, I want to upgrade glibc-zoneinfo. None of the simulations
> I've tried produce the desired results. The only one that succeeds is this:
>
> slapt-get --simulate --ignore-excludes --upgrade
>
> However, that doesn't allow me to cherry-pick from the EXCLUDE list.
> I've dealt with this in the past by downloading the package and using
> upgradepkg, but it would be more convenient to use slapt-get. Is it
> possible?
Just use --install for those packages. slapt-get will not exclude those packages you
specifically ask for.
take care,
jason
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Jason Woodward
woodwardj at jaos.org
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