Re: upgrading to slink
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Jameson Burt wrote:
: I see no upgrade notes for slink.
: For hamm, these upgrade notes reside in
: .../hamm/hamm/upgrade-i386/README-upgrade
: Usually, I just use dpkg to install whatever packages I want from the
: upgrade distribution. For example, I might install a newer gimp from slink.
: Since I wouldn't have upgraded the base packages, I learned that using
: dpkg prematurely can cause little problems.
: Upgrading from rex to bo: I EVENTUALLY HAD TO REINSTALL FROM SCRATCH.
: Upgrading from bo to hamm: I EVENTUALLY HAD TO REINSTALL FROM SCRATCH.
:
: Upgrading from hamm to slink: WHAT CAN I EXPECT.
: With no instructions, I certainly will not use raw dpkg to add packages
: from slink to my current hamm distribution --
: unless of course "dependencies" prevent this (do they now?).
You're always taking a risk when you use unstable or frozen.
Having said that, I've found that using `apt-get install <package>' to
be very good about not hosing dependencies.
If you ever use `dpkg --force' you get what you deserve.
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