Re: Sarge -> Etch upgrade issue

[Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>]

Alexander Schmehl wrote:
> * Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org> [060908 01:46]:
> 
> > > 1) sarge:
> > > 1.1) apt-get dist-upgrade -> upgrading to etch
> [..]
> > Yes, I can see that apt Recommends: debian-archive-keyring and Suggests:
> > gnupg.  Given that apt should be doing secure archives by default now, the
> > Suggests: seems like the wrong relationship; I think this warrants a bug on
> > apt, no?
> 
> Shouldn't the Recommends: debian-archive-keyring be enought?  AFAIK
> the Release Notes recommend using aptitude instead of apt-get.  And
> aptitude respects recommends should pull in debian-archive-keyring,
> which depends on gnupg.

The release notes for sarge recommended aptitude over apt-get due
to some strange problems with apt-get alone.  Will this still be
the case for etch or rather the sarge -> etch upgrade?

Regards,

	Joey

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