>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Nieuwenhuizen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Jan> The good thing is, that if you're missing a dependency, you can be
Jan> sure that the missing package is in the archive too; you don't have to
Jan> go googling the internet for it.
So what's the dpkg/apt for "Tell me what package this file that seems
to be missing is in?" The solution I found was the package search on
the debian site.
>> Or at least that is the conclusion I come to based on the fact that
>> upgrading from the current stable to the current testing version
>> caused me not to be able to get into X because the default font
>> wasn't installed.
Jan> You just had some bad luck, but you were asking for it.
No, my initial install from the stable disk also had a missing file
that prevented me from getting into X. (My video card was an S3, so it
didn't install the svga package, but something X needed was there.)
And I find all the install instructions in the Debian site almost
incomprehensible, and I'm fairly good at reading docs. I really think
they aren't getting as much testing as the redhat/Mandrake stuff gets.
(Which is less than it needs, given how much fiddling they do with
their packages.)
Jan> If you're tracking testing or unstable, you're using
Jan> experimental stuff; you may experience this kind of problem
Jan> maybe twice a year or more.
But the so-called experimental stuff is quite old compared the the
Mandrake so-called stable stuff. Which is a problem for me, since
some of what I do wants to have fairly up-to-date kernels.
Jan> The main practical advantage of Debian, imo, is that it has so many
Jan> packages, including all their dependencies.
Most of what I find with Debian packages also has RPMs. I was
thinking of switching partly for the political reasons, and partly
because of the Mandrake/Redhat history of screwing up packages like
tetex and ghostscript that are important to me. (Not to mention the
Xemacs help system, which has been broken for at least 3 years.) But
Debian really seems hard to work with. And if Debian can't keep X
working, do they really do better with tetex and ghostscript?
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