>> > One of the big differences between apt-get and aptitude is the resolver
>> > which is much more sophisticated (which doesn't necessarily mean always
>> > "better) in aptitude.
>>
>> Indeed, `aptitude` was not able to find a way to upgrade one of my
>> `stable` machines, so I ran `apt` instead, which punted on a few
>> packages but did upgrade a large proportion. Once that part was done,
>> `aptitude` was able to find the final path :-)
>
> Which aptitude command did you use?
I assume it was `full-upgrade`, because that's what my fingers like
to type.
> aptitude safe-upgrade can usually find solutions where others fail.
I have no doubt the problem could be solved with `aptitude`, I just
instinctively tried with `apt-get` because I've found it to be an easy
solution to similar problems I've faced in the past.
Stefan
