Okay, I misunderstood that it was only for upgrading Debian 5 to 6. I thought it was for upgrading packages. Thanks
On Saturday February 5, 2011 11:00:37 am Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Feb 05, 2011 at 10:22:23AM -0500, Kete wrote: > > Hello, why have the authors of the Debian 6 release notes chosen to > > recommend apt-get? Just a few months ago, I read some other official > > documentation recommend aptitude. Why is Debian flip flopping? Now, I > > have to learn apt's commands, and already, an apt-cache search doesn't > > tell me which packages are installed. > > Follow the instructions given for upgrades in the release notes and you > should be fine. > > Crucially, you may need to upgrade kernel/dpkg/apt/aptitude _FIRST_ or do > certain steps in order. That's normally how it goes. > > This may depend on appropriate dependency resolution and which of apt / > aptitude resolves dependencies best or behaves best in a dist-upgrade > situation. > > This doesn't mean that you have to use apt ever after, though you will find > that both apt and aptitude now share common databases and play nicely > together. > > Oh, and did I mention to read the release notes and follow them ? :) > > Hope this helps, > > AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201102051241.45765.k...@suddenlink.net