On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 07:28:06PM +0200, Hannes Mayer wrote: > > Yep, testing should still default to sarge, since sarge is not released. > I dunno if there is a difference between "apt-get upgrade" and > aptitude. I actually never use aptitude. > My XF86Config-4 was definately overwritten/changed. I just checked the > file date again and the file time is the time I did "apt-get upgrade". > There should be no functional difference when it comes to depencies. There are only differences in the handling of suggests and recommends packages.
> Well, actually it was not that big deal for me, since I also backup > /etc. But for those who don't backup /etc it can be annoying, since > "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" doesn't work all the time too (at > least I had big troubles when I installed sarge earlier this year). > Not backing up /etc is asking for trouble. Given the sophistication available in modern version control systems, I think everyone should learn enough about one to store /etc in it. Personally, I was a CVS user and now switched to subversion since Sarge froze and I upgraded my server and added subversion to it. Regardless, it is not difficult and is a huge boon when you need to go back to your configuration 7 weeks in the past to see what options you had set for package foo. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~sanchezr
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