On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 15:18:06 -0300, Francisco Ares wrote: > >I don't think it could, because it doesn't know which ones you wish to > >keep. I don't know about your reasons, but I use buildpkg so I always > >have a binary of the previous version available, making it easy to > >roll back if a problem arises.
> That's a good idea, but how often do you need a roll back? I sure have > had some headaches, but at the end the new packages were kept, just had > to learn how to use the new features/configurations Not very often, but I have the space, so once justifies it. I had an X problem a while ago, just after updating Xorg. because I still had a binary of the old package, I could switch back in a minute, see that the problem wasn't caused by the upgrade, go back to the new version and look elsewhere for the cause. Without the packages, it would have taken well over an hour to discover that the upgrade was not at fault. >(thanks to the > development guys who are doing a wonderful job in keeping the stable > packages, well, stable!) I run ~arch, so I am more likely to run into problems with upgrades. However, they are still remarkably rare, which is why I don't like it when people call ~arch "unstable", it's not, it is "testing". -- Neil Bothwick Top Oxymorons Number 37: Sanitary landfill
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