Stephen Pitts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why not use APT? Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list: > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable non-US/main > non-US/contrib n > on-US/non-free > > To upgrade: "apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade". It handles > everything and > installs all of the packages in the right order. > > Because of the glibc2.1 upgrade, I'm not sure how to do it your way. > I've > used APT since before slink and it did everything in the right order.
A while ago I sort of got to grips with apt and decided to upgrade my system from Slink to Potato. Since I have only a 56K modem and pay for my call charges it was with some trepidation that I entered apt-get dist-upgrade just before going to bed one night. I had set a time-out on my ppp connection and woke up to find that I had been connected around four hours. Weighing up the cost of purchasing the CDs and four hours worth of telephone calls it was clear the ppp method had won. Since then I regularly to apt-get dist-uptdate to ensure I always have the latest packages. Occasionally I have problems in that a package is corrupt, or the process stalls for some reason, but always apt gives clear suggestions as to how to overcome the problem. The blockage must be cleared for apt to continue to install/configure packages it has downloaded. IMHO this is a weakness of apt - once I had lost all networking (ppp) and my ISP told me my port 25 was closed. Somehow I realised that a recent apt session had not completed. Can't remember what caused the problem, but I cleared it and apt started loads of configuration. After that I had my system back to a functional state. -- Phillip Deackes Debian Linux (Potato)
