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Re: Sarge->Etch: so far so good



On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 11:15:32AM +0200, Jonathan Kaye wrote:
> Like many others on this list I am tracking "testing" which is now Etch
> rather than Sarge. It would be nice to receive regular reports on how
> the transition is going. Obviously this depends on what packages are
> installed and being upgraded. I have a fairly hefty collection with a
> large number of upgrades in the past few days and I'm happy to report
> that as of 11:00 CEST I have had no problems whatsoever.

Good to hear.

> It would be a great service if anyone encountering problems write to
> this list and let us know about it. Forewarned is forearmed.

I won't stop anyone from reporting here; that is fine with me. But
also use the system: report bugs with the reportbug package. And
install the apt-listbugs package to warn you.

# apt-cache show apt-listbugs
(...)
 apt-listbugs is a tool which retrieves bug reports from the Debian
 Bug Tracking System and lists them. Especially, it is intended to
 be invoked before each upgrade/installation by apt in order to check
 whether the upgrade/installation is safe.
 .
 Many developers and users prefer the unstable version
 of Debian for its new features and packages.  apt, the
 usual upgrade tool, can break your system by
 installing a buggy package.
 .
 apt-listbugs lists critical bug reports from the Debian
 Bug Tracking System.  Run it before apt to see if
 an upgrade or installation is known to be unsafe.


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