[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm not sure whether the upgrade will cause problems with existing packages. > Does apt-get ensure that upgrades do not break existing packages or > dependencies?
If a dependancy would break a package then apt-get would put it in the list of packages it is removing and then give you the [Y/n] option of continuing. This works at least 99% of the time. Very ocassionally a package get through which doesn't list its dependancies correctly and then can break if that unlisted dependancy is upgraded or removed. Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "... a discussion of C++'s strengths and flaws always sounds like an argument about whether one should face north or east when one is sacrificing one's goat to the rain god." -- Thant Tessman -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
