On Wed, 31 Jul 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 07:12:54PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:19:49AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of > > > > regular upgrade to have the most current files installed > > > > instead of just the "fixes" for old installed files. > > > > > > As discussed on this list in the past, that can get you into > > > trouble! > > > > > > The recommended procedure is to upgrade first, THEN dist-upgrade, > > > BUT ONLY IF you are satisfied with what is going to be removed and > > > replaced. > > > > > > IOW, answer no to the dist-upgrade question if you are not happy > > > with what it is going to do your system. > > > > All this is common sense, a commodity that's not all that common > > anymore. Never update/upgrade via cron. I always check before > > pressing Enter even with Stable and plain old upgrade. > > I was referring to your statement: > "Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regular > upgrade ..." which is not the recommended practice.
After a little reading, in general, I see your point. However, I still think a judicious use of both upgrade and dist-upgrade is required to keep Sid semi-viable. B -- 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/20130801083007.3467c...@debian7.boseck208.net