On Mon, Mar 19, 2007 at 08:09:19PM -0700, David E. Fox wrote: > On Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:51:35 -0400 > Michael Pobega <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > something stable that won't break every six months (Of course I can > > just not dist-upgrade, but then I wouldn't get ANY package upgrades). > > Can you not do something much like to 'aptitude update && aptitude > upgrade" on Ubuntu, no matter what flavor? Case in point - I had a > guest box over here for a couple of months, and I installed Ubuntu > Edgy on it. After the initial install, configuration, and such, I > kept it up to date with the Edgy repository by simply doing that, > just like I would have done on Debian Etch/testing on my main machine, > although of course, the packages & sources list pointed to Ubuntu and > not Debian repositories. >
The trouble isn't in the commands, it's in the execution of the commands. Like I said, I tried to "upgrade" into the newer releases rather than reinstall from a CD. And as I said in my last message, upon "update && dist-upgrade" my system broke. And it's not just me. I've noticed that a lot of people get the same problem from Ubuntu upgrades. That isn't to say that nobody can upgrade their Ubuntu system, but I personally believe that 75% of upgrades fail, at least on a minor scale. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
