What about running "apt-get update" once, and
"apt-get dist-upgrade" twenty times?  After
"dist-upgrade" is successful, it will simply
report that everything is up to date, at least
with respect to the local package lists which
are updated via "update."


D

* On Tue, Oct 03, 2000 at 04:51:53PM -0700, Nathan Saper wrote:
> I'm on a dialup connection, so when I do an 'apt-get dist-upgrade,' I
> use diald to reconnect in case I get booted from my ISP.
> Unfortunately, during the downtime in between, a file or two is
> usually lost in the process.  This causes apt-get to not go on to the
> install phase; it quits after the download.  Is there a way to force
> apt-get to either try to get the missing files again, or continue the
> install without the missing files?
> 
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