Re: apm problems after sid upgrade

[David Zelinsky <dzpost@dedekind.net>]

Clive Menzies <clive@clivemenzies.co.uk> writes:

> There are as many opinions on this list on ways to do things are there
> are options ;)  
> 
> However, FWIW I would recommend installing aptitude and apt-listbugs to
> maintain your sid system.  It takes a while to get used to aptitude's
> interface (particularly if you've used dselect) but it is very useful in
> warning you when packages are broken and apt-listbugs will list grave
> bugs prior to completing the installation which will give you the
> opportunity tp abort, if necessary.  

I mentioned in my first post but didn't repeat in the followup that I
had run apt-listbugs before upgrading, and pinned all the packages
that had bugs that sounded important to me.  I doubt aptitude would
have warned me of this problem.  But they're good suggestions anyway.
Thanks.

-David