Re: Latest dist-upgrade didn't behave as expected
On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 10:10:54AM +0100, Remi VANICAT wrote:
> Sven Luther <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> writes:
>
> > Because it is easier, and they did not read the documentation ?
>
> Yes, and no, from the man :
> dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade,
> also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new ver-
> sions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution
> system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important pack-
> ages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The
> /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from
> which to retrieve desired package files.
Well, nothing is said on when to use it here.
> And from the Apt HOWTO, section about upgrading package
> There's no clean solution for this first case. For the second case,
> it's sufficient to run apt-get install for the specific package in
> question, as this will download the dependencies. An even cleaner
> solution is to use dist-upgrade. See section Upgrading to a new
> release, Section 3.5.
Mmm, this does not seem to agree with what apt people told me some time
ago.
Also, i think the fact that you should not use dist-uprades is more
based on experience than on actual rule, as you have shown.
> Of course some time it failed. but the man doesn't say that it is only
> for distribution upgrade. (And I always do a double check before
> accepting any upgrade or dist-upgrade).
Well, the name of the option sugests it, does it not ? dist-upgrade,
dist -> distribution :))
Anyway, i have uploaded 3.04-14 this morning and not installed it on my
system, and will check how apt-get does it works once it hits the
archive.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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