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Bug#479431: Should D-I upgrade packages during pkgsel?



On Mon, May 05, 2008 at 02:57:34PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> If we do want to do this, I guess it would have to be a separate step in 
> pkgsel, preferably _before_ running tasksel. Maybe we should somehow check 
> if there are updates available and then run an 
>     in-target aptitude --without-recommends safe-upgrade
> possibly after prompting the user whether he wants to do the upgrade or not.
> 
> What do others think of this?

Sounds like a good idea. :)

I think that we should do the upgrade without prompting if a security
mirror has been defined.  This sounds like a reasonable default.

Would "safe-upgrade" handle changes in kernel package names?  (I am not
totally up to date on these new terms.)

Cheers,
-- 
Jérémy Bobbio                        .''`. 
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