[ILUG-Cochin.org] PAUSE/RESUME apt-get dist-upgrade

[A. Mani]

On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Mahesh Aravind <ra_mahesh at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- On Tue, 12/8/09, A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 7. Initially /var/cache/apt/archives will be emptied by
>> upgrade tool
>> 8. let upgrade tool start the download.
>> 9. pause, move back the archives and resume
>>
>
> This is not what APT docs say. Maybe graphical tools flush the cache before attempting to download new packages. Maybe I'm wrong. Please correct me on this one.

All this happens because of the upgrade script. It is different. In
8.10 --> 9.04, a new folder is created for  the downloaded packages.
In the OP's case, that is probably recreated.

> Also, graphical tools like Synaptic does not allow to mark, and then exit the tool before > going ahead with the operation. In aptitude, you can mark install/uninstall/hold, exit the > tool, and come back later to proceed with operation.

Synaptic or adept is not involved. They use a special upgrade script,
which takes over from those.

Best

A. Mani

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