Re[2]: [Slapt-get-user] --config option

Dan Barber slapt-get-user@software.jaos.org
Thu, 5 Aug 2004 13:44:31 -0400 (EDT)


Will you be able to run:

slapt-get --config /etc/slapt-getrc.linuxpackages --update

?


On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Jason Woodward wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> > Great idea.  that will make it very easy to switch between slackware
> > official and linuxpackages.  very nice!
>
> > > > but issuing something along the lines of "slapt-get -c
> > > > /etc/slapt-get.linuxpackages.net" or "slapt-get -c
> > > > /etc/slapt.get.official" might be more elegant than playing with
> > > > symlinks (I like to make sure I'm giving priority to the official
> > > > packages).
>
> One thing I just wanted to make sure was clear... you'll need to rerun --update each time you
> switch... so that your local package cache is built with only the available packages from the
> sources you want.
>
> The actual package data from each site will continue to be cached... so when you switch to
> another config file and run --update, it will regen the package data with the cached copy of
> the source (unless the source has been updated, in which case the cache is invalided... all how
> it currently happens).
>
>
> take care,
> jason
>