On Sat, 26 Jun 2021 04:45:46 -0500
o1bigtenor <o1bigte...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 6:10 PM Patrick Bartek via Dng
> <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 25 Jun 2021 11:34:32 +0200
> > Alessandro Vesely via Dng <dng@lists.dyne.org> wrote:
> >  
> > > On Tue 15/Jun/2021 20:41:09 +0200 Patrick Bartek via Dng wrote:  
> > > >
> > > > I have found that each desktop uses its own method of
> > > > automounting. PCManFM may have the mounting code built-in. Or
> > > > it may use udiskie. Check PCManFM's dependencies and see if
> > > > udiskie is listed. Did you install udiskie yourself? If not,
> > > > then some other app did and it's probably needed. If it's not
> > > > causing problems, leave it be.  
> > >
> > >
> > > Right.  For spacefm it is udevil.
> > >
> > > Curiously, spacefm was mounting smoothly until yesterday, on
> > > chimaera
> > > + openbox.  After I did a system upgrade, I couldn't mount an USB
> > > key any more, until I manually installed udevil.  What happened,
> > > dependency changes?  
> >
> > This is one of the "gotchas" that can happen when running an "in
> > development" version.  As far as why it happen: could be a number of
> > things.  Most of the time, it's because a dependency, like udevil to
> > spacefm, become mismatched version-wise.  That is, udevil has become
> > "too old" to work with spacefm, and the upgrade process uninstalls
> > it. Try "full-grade" instead of just "upgrade" to get the newer
> > version of the dependencies when "upgrading." In fact, this is the
> > recommended procedure when running an "in development" or testing
> > version. 
> 
> Please - - - not understanding the command(s) suggested.
> I usually use :
> # apt update
> # apt upgrade
> 
> so you're suggesting the use of
> # apt update
> # apt full-grade
> or is that
> # apt full-upgrade    ?
> 
> TIA

full-upgrade.  Sorry. Or

apt-get dist-upgrade

will accomplish the same thing.

B
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