On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 07:39:06AM +1100, Russell Weatherburn wrote: > Wackojacko wrote: > > Kevin Mark wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 05:57:13PM -0500, Rick Pasotto wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > >>> I used 'querybts' *after* apt-get broke my installation. Are you in the > >>> habit of checking for bugs on *every* package before upgrading it? > >>> I'm not. > >> Hi Rick, > >> as you suggest, I dont check for bugs before upgrading. But I do check > >> after, if there is a problem. > > > > <snip> > > > >> Kev > > > > Do you have apt-listbugs installed. This lists all open bugs for every > > package that is going to be upgraded so if you see one that might affect > > your system, you can investigate further before accepting the upgrade. > > > > HTH > > > > Wackojacko > > > > > Just a note: > apt-listbugs does not work correctly on Sarge. Stupidly, in fact. I > have been told that it was supposed to be removed from Sarge because it > doesn't work properly against the BTS, but on two systems I run it > (seems to) works, but on a system that I have running a Sarge/BP/Testing > blend (don't ask) it doesn't work at all. Period. > > I would love to be able to run apt-listbugs, but cannot in my current > arrangement (see Bug# 389903 for further information on my case) > > Regards, > Hi Russell, From the info that I have gleened, the BTS and apt-listbugs got upgrades for etch and will work an order of magnitude better. the BTS now includes version and distro info so that a bug will be better identified for apt-listbugs and for users/developers using the BTS. Cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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