Hi Fabio, Em 30-10-2013 12:01, Fabio S. escreveu: >> As a user what I observerd was that after ubuntu was updated lyx stopped >> working, that is a fact. I think we all agree that shouldn't happen, so >> it would be good to find the cause and make sure it doesn't happen in >> future upgrades. > ... > > That should be the principle, but my experience is that if an upgrade is > flawlessly successfull then you have been very lucky and I think that > looking for upgrade bugs (which can be specific to that particular > upgrade) can be both difficult and a waste of time for developers.
Perhaps. I would argue then that in this cause the biggest problem is that from the error that babel gives does not actually point to the solution: Package babel Error: You haven't specified a language option. Well, I did specify a language option... It would be much more useful ifit complained about missing support for language x. I guess that is a problem for babel developers which I imagine do not coincide with lyx's. :-) > > What I do (and I suggest) is the following: partition your disk so to > have two linux-dedicated partitions, say 1 and 2, and let's say you have a > working linux on 1. When you want to install a new linux distribution > (not necessarly ubuntu) then install it on 2 and just play with it > configuring everything for your needs. When it looks stable to you, move > your personal data (your home) on the new partition and don't use 1 any > longer. This way, 1 will be available for the next installation. I use btrfs for filesystem, so I can do that just with snapshots, all on the same filesystem, very easy ! Just create a snapshot before upgrade, do the upgrade, mess around, and if you want to go back just rename the snapshots (@backup -> @ and @ -> @afterupgrade, @ is the main subvolume for the ubuntu system) or change uuid on the boot flag for the kernel. best regards, -- Miguel Negrão http://www.friendlyvirus.org/miguelnegrao
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