-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Miles Bader wrote: > Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] > I've found that real problems are _extremely_ rare -- the recent xorg > upgrade is the only one that's bit me in ages and ages. Mostly the only > thing that goes wrong is packages that won't install because of > dependency problems, and the occasional package that fails during > install because of missing dependencies or something. Typically the > solution is to put the package on hold, wait a few days, and try again.
Agreed, although with complicated "package systems", it can get messy. An openoffice.org-draw dependency issue bit me a few weeks ago. I had to manually (using "dpkg -r" remove all of the openoffice.org* packages before I could finish the in-progress "apt-get upgrade". Was able to reinstall them a few days later. But, it didn't munge Tbird, FF or xnethack, and I still had gnumeric and AbiWord, so I wasn't too aggravated. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Is "common sense" really valid? For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins are mud people. However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFAryrS9HxQb37XmcRAtReAJ9FNOerRgm358N7Mc+nKcgTQtZoqACg2FcJ QYS0K9v4FwQkpv1xS/l+UZI= =oVKk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
