Bug#489132: upgrade apt/aptitude first
On Sat, 04 Oct 2008, Luk Claes wrote:
> Hi
>
> I recently tested an upgrade to lenny by doing an apt-get update,
> apt-get upgrade, apt-get dist-upgrade run (like I'm used to) without any
> problems. I guess apt gets upgraded in the apt-get upgrade run.
>
> Do you think mentioning that upgrading apt/aptitude in the release notes
> is necessary or that a recommendation to first run upgrade before
> dist-upgrade would be useful?
I've seen several reports that aptitude from etch is unable to dist-upgrade
to Lenny, it loops searching for a solution… so yes I believe that
recommending to upgrade aptitude first is a good idea.
Cheers,
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Raphaël Hertzog
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