[PLUG] apt-get update question

Paul Mullen pem at nellump.net
Fri Aug 27 10:52:02 UTC 2004


On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 10:33:47AM -0700, Richard C. Steffens wrote:

> So, if I haven't gotten anything with apt-get for even a few days, it 
> sounds like it's a good idea to update first.

It depends on which branch you're using ("unstable" changes a lot more
often than "stable," IIRC), but for the most part, you may as well just
run `'apt-get update` as the first step of any Debian package
maintenance procedure.


Paul




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