How did you update to stretch?
Hi folks,
I am running debian now since "potatoe", which is a rather loooooong time. And
in all this time I never got into any bad problems. Impressiv!
But I think, there is a little think worth to be noticed, and maybe,
discussed.
I always remarked at every update to the next stable version is, that aptitude
might not be the best choice for that. At every update, aptitude is ending in
a loop with trying to solve dependency conflicts.
This is strange, as aptitude is running fine when using for regularly upgrades.
So, how are your experiences? Did you end in the same issues as I ended?
The solution for me is using "apt-get dist-upgrade" and afterwards "aptitude
full-upgrade". Doing so is working like a charme.
As I read, aptitude is the tool for the future, so I fear, apt-get will
disappear some day. Please don't! Aptitude does not do the job (full-upgrade)
very well at the moment.
I believe, this is not a bug, I more believe. this is a problem for the
algorithm to solve the complexity of the dependencies due to the complicated
ruleset aptitude is using. As far as I know, apt-get is using a more simple
ruleset, so it can resolve dependencies better.
What are your experiences? What are you prefer at distribution upgrades?
If this discussion is interesting for you, I will be happy, if not, sorry for
the noise.
Best regards and thanks for debian!
Hans
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