Re: 'rpm --freshen': dpkg Equivalent?

From: Kenneth Jacker (khj_at_be.cs.appstate.edu)
Date: 11/07/04

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Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 13:06:20 -0500

      jh> why would you just one specific package to be updated?

    Sorry I didn't explain more. Here's the situation ...

    I have an office machine, O, and a home machine, H both using
    sarge/testing. O has a high-speed connection to the Internet, but H
    doesn't. After "updating" O, I copy all the .deb files in
    O:/var/cache/apt/archives to removable media and bring them home.

    Once home, I basically do a "dpkg -i *.deb" of the files copied from O.
    (It's actually a bit more complicated due to dependencies ...)

    Herein lies the problem. There are packages I install/run on O (e.g.,
    'mailman') that I do not want to install/run on H. However, if I
    quickly do "dpkg -i *.deb" on H, it'll install *all* the .debs --
    including 'mailman'.

    Though I *could* write a script to accomplish what I want (i.e.,
    ensuring each package is present before upgrading), I thought there
    might be an easier approach via a 'dpkg' command-line option (similar
    to "rpm -F").

    Hopefully what I'm trying to do is now clearer ...

    Thanks for the responses!

      -Kenneth

    PS I realize I could also use 'apt-zip'. But so far, the above
        approach has worked pretty well ... 

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