On Saturday 17 January 2009, Daniel Burrows <dburrows@debian.org> wrote about 'Re: aptitude freezes after install': >On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 08:55:10PM -0500, microwaverich <richgrif@one.net> was heard to say: >> If I understand you correctly, I should try installing the above >> aptitudes (in reverse order?) and then installing some other package >> (any package?). > > Yes -- starting with the most recent ones, install each aptitude >version (just the ones I listed would be fine for now), then try >installing or removing some small package. I use xsoldier for this >sort of test, but you can pick a different victim if you like. The >goal is to find the most recent broken version (i.e., the one where >the breaking change was introduced). Wow, this sounds like a job for "git bisect". Unfortuntely, I can't use that method as the issue doesn't manifest itself on any of my systems. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. bss@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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