On Wednesday June 8 2005 1:32 pm, Jim Hall wrote: > Sounds good. Next link in the chain, will I have to use > 'dist-upgrade'? Yes, though you might find visual representation of what you're doing helpful. You might want to do this instead: apt-get install aptitude Then, once that is installed, run aptitude. Hit u to update the package list, g to Get-er-done (install/remove/upgrade packages based on what you've changed). > Those times I've used it have usually had bad > results. But that's what bugreport is for. The developers can't fix what they don't know about. For faster service, include your bugfix in a patch. > If I can continue to manually repair what's 'held back', > that seems safer to me. Use aptitude instead and you can work out any last-second package conflict/depends aliens before you commit to downloading and installing/removing. -- Paul Johnson Email and Instant Messenger (Jabber): baloo@ursine.ca http://ursine.ca/~baloo/
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