[Linux-disciples] Debian upgrade order

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:50:09PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> On Tue, May 31, 2005 at 10:31:03AM -0400, Adam Rosi-Kessel wrote:
> > At least one part of it makes sense, which is to do all the
> > configuration and dialogs up front, so you can answer all those
> > questions and then walk away while it completes the upgrade.  I guess
> > the question is how much pre-stuff needs to be done before those
> > questions can be presented and answered.
> Relatedly, I'd like apt-get to start installing packages as
> soon as it can; as it is, it waits until all packages have
> finished downloading before it starts installing. Any idea
> why it does this?

Another reason is it would prevent you from being able to answer all the
configuration questions up front.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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