apt-get dist-upgrade or aptitude

[John Talbut <jt@dpets.co.uk>]

Hello

I have upgraded 4 different machines from Lenny to Squeeze.  At first I 
followed the instructions in the release notes to use apt-get 
dist-upgrade rather than aptitude.  I found the this threw up a whole 
lot of packages not installed through dependency issues, which I then 
sorted out using aptitude.  Subsequently, having upgraded the kernel and 
udev as per the release notes up to 4.5.5 I have used aptitude in full 
screen console mode, updating the package list (u), marking the packages 
as upgradable (U) and installing the packages (g and g).  This has 
worked without any significant problems.

Does the note about not using aptitude only apply to using it through 
the command line?  Is there any reason not to upgrade in the way that I 
have done?

John