On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:19:49AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jul 2013, sp113438 wrote: > > > Anyway, it's too late to check out myself since I installed Sid ;) > > > > Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regular > > upgrade to have the most current files installed instead of just the > > "fixes" for old installed files. > > As discussed on this list in the past, that can get you into trouble! > > The recommended procedure is to upgrade first, THEN dist-upgrade, BUT > ONLY IF you are satisfied with what is going to be removed and > replaced. > > IOW, answer no to the dist-upgrade question if you are not happy with > what it is going to do your system.
All this is common sense, a commodity that's not all that common anymore. Never update/upgrade via cron. I always check before pressing Enter even with Stable and plain old upgrade. Of course, opting for Sid has its own inherent risks besides dist-upgrade. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130729191254.5d31f...@debian7.boseck208.net
