On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 13:28:07 +0200, Frank Gevaerts writes: >> I note that it seems that aptitude is recommended over apt for Sarge. I >> was wondering if it's as str forward as just using aptitude from now on? >> eg I do not have to rebuild anything the first time i use aptitude (ie >> it uses the same dpkg info as apt - but in that case why is aptitude >> recommended over and above apt?) >AFAIK It has a somewhat different dependency reolution engine, which seems >to be better at large dist-upgrades than apt in most cases. I've upgraded 5 or 6 machines to Sarge since Monday, using aptitude. Whilst for the most part it worked fine, it "held back" a great many packages, though I wasn't able to figure out the reason. So I ran an `apt-get upgrade` afterwards, which also pulled those packages up to Sarge versions. <shrug> cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <rw@coretec.at> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 /
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