Peter =?iso-8859-1?q?Sch=FCller?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Nate Amsden wrote: >> I hate to say it but the problems your having were caused by you >> wanting to use knowingly unstable program versions. you probably >> should of asked the list before attempting what you did as some >> people may of been able to warn you ahead of time what you were >> getting into. > >Huh? > >Sure, using bleading edge software increses the chances of bugs, but to just >blatantly state that that's the reason someone is having problems is a bit >much.
But it's true. Trying to upgrade from stable to unstable with raw dpkg (essentially what he was trying) is possible, but only if you know what you're doing. It's not a bug as such, but we could have warned him about it in advance. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]