Re: Sid update would like to remove most xorg packages and drivers
On 2009-04-09 22:11 +0200, Nick Lidakis wrote:
> Sven Joachim wrote:
>> Why do you use dselect to manage upgrades? IMO, that is a nice way to
>> torture yourself.
>>
>>
> Thanks for the heads up. What is the best way to manage upgrades on a
> Sid desktop?
I have stuck to aptitude ever since I discovered it. The "aptitude
safe-upgrade" command usually works very well, although I recently
discovered a problem¹ with the kde4 transition. Note that aptitude has
a curses interface like dselect, but a much better one IMO.
> I was under the impression that dselect install and apt-get
> dist-upgrade worked slightly differently.
This may be so, I haven't used either for a long time.
Sven
¹ http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/04/msg00582.html
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