[plug] APT-RPM problems

[Matt Kemner]

On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, quoth Steege, Phil E:

> I tried to do an upgrade of abiword with the command 'apt-get upgrade
> abiword'.  The apt system told me I would have to download 47MB of files
> which included things like gcc, a bunch of libraries and many other
> programs.
[...]
> If someone sees where I made an incorrect apt command, please let me
> know.


"apt-get upgrade" upgrades every package on your system.  The "abiword"
parameter would have been ignored.

"apt-get install abiword" would have only upgraded abiword

Regards,

 - Matt