[osgeo4w-dev] Re: Retreiving release packages

[Jeff McKenna]

Matt Wilkie wrote:
>> I would like to know if there is an easy way to get the last 
>> release package (not the [prev]'s one)?
> 
> "apt url package" will give the filename and path relative to osgeo4w mirror
> of "package" in [curr]:
> 
>     D:\o4w>apt url mapnik
>     ./release/python/mapnik/mapnik-0.7.0-1.tar.bz2
> 
> To get the same for [prev] and [test] use the -t parameter:
> 
>     D:\o4w>apt -ttest url mapnik
>     error: mapnik not in [test]
>     warning: using [curr]
>     ./release/python/mapnik/mapnik-0.7.0-1.tar.bz2
> 
>     D:\o4w>apt -tprev url mapnik
>     ./release/python/mapnik/mapnik-0.6.1-1.tar.bz2
> 

Matt,

I'm curious, this seems like it could be a common Q/A.  Is this package 
and command examples like this documented in the wiki? 
http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/WikiStart


-jeff


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