On Fri, 7 Aug 2020 13:31:53 -0400 Default User <hunguponcont...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey guys, > > Recently there was a thread about aptitude dependency resolution > limitations. > > Years ago, I believe I read in the Debian documentation that aptitude > was preferred to apt-get, because it seemed to have better dependency > resolution. > > Now, we have apt, as well. > > So, all other things being equal, which is currently considered to be > the best at dependency resolution? I believe it is still aptitude. However, the length of time it takes increases sharply with number of packages to be upgraded. If you have more than a hundred or so, (not unusual on unstable) it may take a very long time. It is usually not the method recommended for upgrading Debian stable to the next version. -- Joe
