upgrade-oldest

Section: upgrade-oldest manual (8)
Updated: February 01, 2005
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NAME

upgrade-oldest - upgrade oldest Debian packages.

SYNOPSIS

upgrade-oldest [OPTION]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page explains usage of the upgrade-oldest program. This python script selectively upgrades Debian system, upgrading packages with oldest most significant version number.

OPTIONS

-h, --help

dislay help text and exit.

-u N, --upgrade=N

N is one of 0, 1, 2 or 3. 2 is default.

0	- upgrade packages with old epoch.
1	- 0 and packages with old major upstream version.
2	- 1 and packages with old middle upstream version.
3	- 2 and packages with old minor upstream version.

-i S, --include=S

S is comma-separated list of sections to include.
Default is to include all sections. List:
# apt-cache search '.' --full |grep Section:|sort|uniq

-a S, --action=S

S is one of list, table, xml, apt, wajig, wajigr, wajigs or wajigrs
Default is to use apt-get.

list	- lists oldest packages
table	- lists oldest packages as table
xml	- lists oldest packages as xml
apt	- installs using apt-get(8) install
wajig*	- installs using wajig(1) install(r\|s\|rs)

-o F, --output=F

F is output filename. Default is stdout.

EXAMPLES

upgrade-oldest.py -h: Displays usage help.
upgrade-oldest.py -u 1 -i x11,admin: Upgrade packages in x11 and admin sections using apt-get(8), which have old epoch and major version.
upgrade-oldest.py -a list: List old packages.

BUGS

None mentioned.

AUTHOR

Alexander Petrov (zowers@gmail.com)

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Time: 14:29:05 GMT, February 03, 2005