New subject: More package questions

Wednesday, 6 May 1998


        ...
>>>> Andy Piper writes: 
...
 If I do package-get-update-all what happens?  Do packages I
haven't
 installed get updated?  I see lots of packages being installed -
 but when I consult the package installation directory I specified
 and configure time, I can't find any of them, is this where they
 are supposed to go? 
It is only supposed to update the packages you have, and decides which 
to update based on package-get-base.  Currently, it may end up
installing packages you do not have if they are required by packages
you do have.  I think that should be changed since sometimes package A
is officially required by package B, but there are no real problems in 
running B without A.
 

                                 John Jones
                                 jj(a)asu.edu

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