On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 07:44:37PM +0200, Adeodato Simó wrote: > * Adrian Bunk [Mon, 16 May 2005 18:14:20 +0200]: > > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:24PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > > > The current version of the release notes tells users to (simplified): > > > 1. apt-get install aptitude > > > 2. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable" > > > 3. aptitude update > > > 4. aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade > > > > Therefore the question if it would be better to change the procedure to: > > > 1. change the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to "stable" > > > 2. apt-get update > > > 3. apt-get install aptitude dpkg > > > 4. aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade > > > OTOH, at least in the woody installation I tried this, > > "aptitude -f --with-recommends dist-upgrade" works fine. > > > It seems aptitude in woody has a better Conflicts handling than apt in > > woody making the first step easier for users. > > So, to make that clear, you're proposing the following: >...
I'm not proposing anything since I don't know enough about these issues for giving any recommendation. All I said was that the way you proposed seems to be worse than the currently documented way (at least in my test cases). > Note that in (4), the command is aptitude, not apt-get. Does this make any difference? > BTW, why "change sources.list to point to 'stable'" instead of > 'sarge'? Probably there'll be a reason I'll love to here, but all are > disadvantages to me, e.g.: >... I'd agree that "stable" is a bad choice since this will lead to people accidentially upgrading to etch (without reading the etch release notes telling them how to do it best). > Cheers, > Adeodato Simó cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]