apt-listbugs, how to upgrade the good packages only?

bbmak · 10-25-2011, 01:32 AM

I have used apt-listbugs for awhile, but are there anyway that I can only upgrade the packages that are marked done, the good packages?

cynwulf · 10-25-2011, 02:46 AM

If apt-listbugs shows a bug for a particular package and the bug looks relevant to your system, cancel the upgrade and forbid that particular version from being installed, e.g.

Code:

aptitude forbid-version foo=0.1.2-2

Then when version 0.1.2-3 is released it will upgrade as normal.

bbmak · 10-25-2011, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caravel

If apt-listbugs shows a bug for a particular package and the bug looks relevant to your system, cancel the upgrade and forbid that particular version from being installed, e.g.

Code:

aptitude forbid-version foo=0.1.2-2

Then when version 0.1.2-3 is released it will upgrade as normal.

Is this command able to use with apt-listbugs? Can it be automatic marked not install? aptitude forbid-version markauto? <-- is this auto mark?

cynwulf · 10-25-2011, 10:57 AM

It's not automatic, and it doesn't work like that - Sid in general doesn't work like that and I'm assuming you're running Sid, otherwise you wouldn't really need apt-listbugs at all? Marking packages as manually or automatically installed is a completely different thing.

bbmak · 10-25-2011, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caravel

It's not automatic, and it doesn't work like that - Sid in general doesn't work like that and I'm assuming you're running Sid, otherwise you wouldn't really need apt-listbugs at all? Marking packages as manually or automatically installed is a completely different thing.

Yes, I am on sid.
Are there a repo that offer stable version with more updated packages for debian?

cynwulf · 10-25-2011, 11:23 AM

One compromise is to run testing. It gets fewer bugs but packages can just disappear out of the testing branch and get stuck in unstable due to release critical bugs - this is because testing is an auto generated distribution. There is nothing stopping you from tracking testing as the default release and bringing in the odd package from unstable however, but it can involve apt pinning which involves manual configuration and maintenance. This is what's known as a mixed testing/unstable system.

If you want stability and less maintenance then you need the stable release. The stable release almost never gets version updates, but does get security patching and bug fixes. If you find some software is out of date then you can install newer packages from the backports repo, or learn to backport your own packages from the unstable or testing package source.

j1alu · 10-25-2011, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbmak

Yes, I am on sid.
Are there a repo that offer stable version with more updated packages for debian?

http://backports-master.debian.org/
which would be kinda official.

there is also the Mepis community repo:
http://www.mepiscommunity.org/node/842

which would not be kinda official, but seems ok to me.

In my humble opinion the best is to fiddle with package-management as little as possible
(as few repositories, third-party apps, pinning, etc, as possible.) That way even Sid should run rather stable.

62chevy · 10-25-2011, 07:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bbmak

I have used apt-listbugs for awhile, but are there anyway that I can only upgrade the packages that are marked done, the good packages?

Abort an apt-get dist-upgrade and use a aptitude full-upgrade instead for this one instance, then at the prompt you can use ' -rsync ' then enter to finish.

Code:

root@sid:/home/chevy# aptitude install gettext ri ruby-dev ruby1.8-examples ri1.8
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autopoint{a} gettext git{a} git-man{a} liberror-perl{a} ri ri1.8 rsync{a} ruby-dev ruby1.8-dev{a} ruby1.8-examples 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libabiword-2.8{u} tcl{u} tcl8.4{u} tcl8.5{u} 
0 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 12.1 MB of archives. After unpacking 54.4 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?] -rsync
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  autopoint{a} gettext git{a} git-man{a} liberror-perl{a} ri ri1.8 ruby-dev ruby1.8-dev{a} ruby1.8-examples 
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  libabiword-2.8{u} tcl{u} tcl8.4{u} tcl8.5{u} 
The following packages are RECOMMENDED but will NOT be installed:
  rsync 
0 packages upgraded, 10 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 11.7 MB of archives. After unpacking 53.6 MB will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]

apt-get can handle problems better at times than aptitude sometimes aptitude is needed. Be sure to read man aptitude also.