Martin Mewes:
> Javier Vasquez schrieb:
>
>> Then the rest is kind of recipy for upgrading:
>> -- aptitude clean
>> -- aptitude update
>> -- aptitude safe-upgrade
>> -- aptitude full-upgrade
>
> If _I_ do this nearly the complete system would be erased when I
> _would_ answer "Y" in the end. Just my 2 cents ...
I guess the reason is that you have never really used aptitude. Aptitude
distinguishes two different states of installed packages: automatically
and manually installed. When beginning to use aptitude, it will in many
cases assume all or most packages have been installed automatically
(pulled in as a dependency of another package). And if no manually
installed package depends on a package aptitude thinks has been
automatically installed, it will remove it. That's one of aptitude's
best features.
On the other hand, this is the biggest hurdle when starting to use
aptitude and yes, it's a real pain for users who never installed from
scratch since sarge (or didn't bother to follow the release note's
advice to use aptitude after installation).
Anyway, everyone who thinks he is able to handle sid should be able to
a) read what a package manager is about to do and b) find out by himself
how to upgrade to sid.
J.
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