On 2009-04-09 22:11 +0200, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> Why do you use dselect to manage upgrades? IMO, that is a nice way to >> torture yourself. >> >> > Thanks for the heads up. What is the best way to manage upgrades on a > Sid desktop?
I have stuck to aptitude ever since I discovered it. The "aptitude safe-upgrade" command usually works very well, although I recently discovered a problem¹ with the kde4 transition. Note that aptitude has a curses interface like dselect, but a much better one IMO. > I was under the impression that dselect install and apt-get > dist-upgrade worked slightly differently. This may be so, I haven't used either for a long time. Sven ¹ http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/04/msg00582.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
