Re: Why can ubuntu dist upgrade dist from within an X session?
On Sun 19 May 2013 at 21:02:36 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Du, 19 mai 13, 18:11:56, Πρεκατές Αλέξανδρος wrote:
> > In release notes it says:
> >
> > "You should not upgrade using telnet, rlogin, rsh, or from an X session
> > managed by xdm, gdm or kdm etc. on the machine you are upgrading. That is
> > because each of those services may well be terminated during the upgrade,
> > which can result in an inaccessible system that is only half-upgraded. Use of
> > the GNOME application update-manager is strongly discouraged for upgrades to
> > new releases, as this tool relies on the desktop session remaining active. "|
> >
> > So i wonder why can ubuntu dist upgrade dist from within an X session?
>
> I have no idea what Ubuntu can or can not do[1], but I can assure you it
> is safer not to do it from within an X session. Besides, do you know how
> many ways there are in Debian to start an X session? I know of at least
> 5 in common use (but there are probably more). Care to extensively test
> all of them for the next release?
Personally, I never upgrade or dist-upgrade under any circumstances
with an X session running.
> [1] there are rumors that a dist-upgrade on Ubuntu is not as smooth as
> on Debian
Mere rumours :). It keeps the temperature high, even though it may not
be known how either distribution works and what the cause of a faiure
in upgrading may be.
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