On Thu, 2003-02-06 at 13:10, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 10:43:39AM -0700, Jeremy Nickurak wrote: > > You say you 'dist-upgraded' your sid box. Do you mean to say that you > > upgraded from stable or testing to sid? > > > > If you were already running sid, 'dist-upgrade' is very very bad. It'll > > automatically decide to sacrifice packages in favor of others. If you're > > just bringing everything up to date, 'apt-get upgrade' is all you want. > > Otherwise, it's one of the most common upgrade mistakes I see. > > Mmm, but an apt-get upgrade does have its inconvenience also. > > What would be nice is to have a apt-get full-upgrade or whatever, which > would add additional packages but not remove any existing package like > dist-upgrade does. > > Often it is needed, after an apt-get upgrade, to hand install many > package that apt-get upgrade didn't consider for installation.
I usually just do apt-get dist-upgrade -u, and check over what exactly is being done before accepting. If I notice things like the kernel or whatnot getting removed, I tell it no, and then delve a bit deeper to figure out why, or just wait until the next round of package updates. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
