--===============1260162290== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f7d32a6120d804712c6943 --001485f7d32a6120d804712c6943 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Philips Date: Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [kde-linux] 20090815KL -- "Mangling" Pdates To: bmacasuru@fastmail.us, For people using KDE on Linux with related questions/problems Bruce, You can get a full upgrade by just going to the command line and typing: sudo apt-get dist-upgrade It will ask for your password. Enter it and then just press "Y" when it gives you the yes or no prompt. That should do it. On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Bruce MacArthur wrote: > Greetings -- > > It is VERY early on Saturday where I live, but I will not be spending > much time with my computer until Sunday afternoon -- so please be > more-than "at liberty" to take some time with this inquiry! > > I have an icon on the task-bar which points to some updates that are > ready for me. One category (of four items) of these updates is > described as "blocked". While I would like to "Apply" the bug-fix > updates and the security updates, I think that I want to avoid those > blocked updates. > > On the other hand, these blocked updates are for (1) XEN > administrative tools {I am using VirtualBox, rather than XEN}, (2) > Python bindings for XEN, (3) General Linux kernel headers, and (4) > Generic Linux kernel image. The XEN stuff wouldn't "necessarily" hurt > and the Linux items may well be desireable. This leads me to wonder > -- "WHY they are being blocked?" > > The "buttons" available are limited to "Apply all available updates", > "Refresh", and "History". The "Help" and "Default" buttons are still > greyed-out. > > QUESTIONS -- Is it possible (if so, then HOW is it possible) to apply > ONLY the bug-fixes and the security updates? Or am I better-off to > apply all? > > PERSPECTIVE -- I am very much NOT a "bleeding-edge" Kubuntu user; I > am quite content to keep things simple and workable. I value those > who will test everything, but I am incompetent for that kind of a role. > Please be so kind as to consider this aspect of ME before you > comment! > > And THANK YOU for the time you have spent with this inquiry!!!!! > > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde-linux mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. > --001485f7d32a6120d804712c6943 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

---------- Forwarded message ----------<= br>From: Jim Philips &l= t;briarpatch.jim@gmail.com&= gt;
Date: Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 7:20 AM
Subject: Re: [kde-linux] 20090815KL -= - "Mangling" Pdates
To: bmacasuru@fastmail.us, For people using KDE on Linux with related qu= estions/problems <kde-linux@kde.org= >


Bruce,

You can get a full upgrade by just going to the comma= nd line and typing:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

It will ask for= your password. Enter it and then just press "Y" when it gives yo= u the yes or no prompt. That should do it.



On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Bruce M= acArthur <bmacasuru@fastmail.us> wrote:
Greetings --

It is VERY early on Saturday where I live, but I will not be spending
much time with my computer until Sunday afternoon -- so please be
more-than "at liberty" to take some time with this inquiry!

I have an icon on the task-bar which points to some updates that are
ready for me. =A0One category (of four items) of these updates is
described as "blocked". =A0While I would like to "Apply"= ; the bug-fix
updates and the security updates, I think that I want to avoid those
blocked updates.

On the other hand, these blocked updates are for (1) XEN
administrative tools {I am using VirtualBox, rather than XEN}, (2)
Python bindings for XEN, (3) General Linux kernel headers, and (4)
Generic Linux kernel image. =A0The XEN stuff wouldn't "necessarily= " hurt
and the Linux items may well be desireable. =A0This leads me to wonder
-- "WHY they are being blocked?"

The "buttons" available are limited to "Apply all available = updates",
"Refresh", and "History". =A0The "Help" and &= quot;Default" buttons are still
greyed-out.

QUESTIONS -- Is it possible (if so, then HOW is it possible) to apply
ONLY the bug-fixes and the security updates? =A0Or am I better-off to
apply all?

PERSPECTIVE -- I am very much NOT a "bleeding-edge" Kubuntu user;= I
am quite content to keep things simple and workable. =A0I value those
who will test everything, but I am incompetent for that kind of a role.
Please be so kind as to consider this aspect of ME before you
comment!

And THANK YOU for the time you have spent with this inquiry!!!!!


___________________________________________________
This message is from the kde-linux mailing list.
Account management: =A0https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-linux.
Archives: http://lists.= kde.org/.
More info: http:/= /www.kde.org/faq.html.


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