On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 12:24:59AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 10:10:17PM +0000, Jonathan Matthews wrote:
>
> > apt-get install apt dpkg tar ( ... any others anyone?)
debconf
> > apt-get dist-upgrade
>
>
> This is redundant. Things apt depends on always get resolved and
> installed first as far as I can tell.
When apt can deduce this from the dependency information, you're
correct. However, I personally have experienced situations where i
saved myself a lot of pain by installing some bit first (apt, dpkg,
debconf) rather than trying it all in one fell swoop. Things weren't
irretrievably broken, but I did have to run "apt-get dist-upgrade"
several times consecutively to get things sorted out. I found the
former method to be more efficent.
Remember, a dist-upgrade is not the same as an upgrade.
In any case, apt kicks ass. A friend of mine was at a class recently
and several participants were bemoaning the difficulty of keeping a
redhat box secure, keeping up with patches, etc. They freaked out
when he showed them apt.
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