Re: Problem using "dpkg -i"
On 2018-01-16, Michael Lange <klappnase@freenet.de> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2018 18:52:51 +0100
> deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Curt wrote:
>> >
>> > I thought it was merely not recommended for upgrades.
>> >
>>
>> might be we check to see what is official statement on that
>
> Maybe Curt refers to the following from
> https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgradingpackages
>
> "The recommended way to upgrade from previous Debian releases is to use
> the package management tool apt-get. In previous releases, aptitude was
> recommended for this purpose, but recent versions of apt-get provide
> equivalent functionality and also have proven to more consistently give
> the desired upgrade results. "
I was indeed; beyond that caveat above, I'm unaware of any obsolatation
(yeah, I made that word up) of aptitude.
> Regards
>
> Michael
>
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