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Re: [MiNT] OSMD - introduction (fwd)

To: Lonny Pursell <atari@bright.net>
Subject: Re: [MiNT] OSMD - introduction (fwd)
From: Petr Stehlik <joy@sophics.cz>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 09:41:01 +0200 (CEST)
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On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Lonny Pursell wrote:

> They start the installation manager, and it connects to the
> net (a server I assume) where the information for all the latest
> offical releases are stored, versions and such.  It then looks
> at the users system and compares the info, it then generates
> a list of suggestions, modules and apps that are out of date and
> prompts the user which ones to download.  After download they
> are depacked and installed

if SpareMiNT was based on Debian you would already have this "installation
manager" available with one simple command: apt-get upgrade

Petr
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