On Don, 2003-02-06 at 18:43, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > > If you were already running sid, 'dist-upgrade' is very very bad. It'll > automatically decide to sacrifice packages in favor of others.
Because that's usually what you want. :) > If you're just bringing everything up to date, 'apt-get upgrade' is all you > want. In my experience, that often simply puts half your packages on hold. ;) YMMV. > Otherwise, it's one of the most common upgrade mistakes I see. My advice would be to use the -u switch to apt-get or an advanced frontend like aptitude. -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer XFree86 and DRI project member / CS student, Free Software enthusiast
