Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I installed unstable about a month ago and have had nothing but good > times. ... But, I'm curious to know how safe/dangerous it is to just > say 'apt-get upgrade' presently.
Presently? Both of my unstable machines work fine (though there is that observation that some packages have dependencies on outdated C++ libraries, notably aptitude). > I've been following debian-devel and debian-user looking for > problems people have had with upgrading unstable and haven't seen that > many (a few regarding kde / libfam issues). This is probably the best way to find out if something is broken in unstable. debian-devel-announce is also a good list to read (and is far lower traffic). And of course, if you find something broken, file a bug report! (http://bugs.debian.org/) > However, when I use aptitude to show me what will be > upgraded/removed/installed during the upgrade, it is removing some > packages that I would think shouldn't be removed. I've generally found it possible to figure out aptitude's reasoning when it wants to delete something. Often this will be because a newer package conflicts with the older one, and you have to pick one or the other to get a consistent state. Try looking under "packages which depend on <foo>" on the per-package pages to get some hints on this. -- David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://people.debian.org/~dmaze/ "Theoretical politics is interesting. Politicking should be illegal." -- Abra Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]