On Thu, 29 Oct 2015 10:23:00 +0000 Darac Marjal sent:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 12:45:15PM +1100, Charlie wrote:
>
> >It was suggested that someone [lost the email] upgrade their system
> >with apt-get dist-upgrade?
> >
> >I suppose depending on what packages are installed on a system would
> >suggest which of these bugs could be problematical:
> >
> >Summary: libreoffice(2 bugs), akonadi-server(1 bug), libkf5auth5(1
> >bug), libqt5x11extras5(1 bug), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37(1 bug)
> >
> >and if it would be a good idea to continue if possible? Because
> >putting them on hold doesn't allow upgrading.
>
> apt-listbugs allows you to query the bugs listed in that summary.
> Read the bug reports and see if they apply to you. Sometimes the bugs
> are things like "Fail to build from source [FTBS] on sparc64". This
> IS a bug, but if you're not running the sparc64 architecture, then
> the bug doesn't apply to you and you can go ahead an upgrade.
>
> Similarly, if you find a bug that does concern you, you can ask
> apt-listbugs to pin the package, which means that the buggy version
> will be forbidden from your system. apt/aptitude will then A) try to
> calculate an upgrade which honours that hold (so dependent packages
> will also be held back, but non-dependent packages will be upgraded)
> and B) upgrade to the next-allowed version when it becomes available
> (assuming you don't also pin that one).
>
Thank you,
Charlie
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