On 2014-07-17 03:21:28 +0200, Christian Hofstaedtler wrote: > * Arno Töll <[email protected]> [140713 13:25]: > > * Ignore the problem, and refer to the manpage of aptitude without > > proper fix etc. which clearly says "THIS OPTION CAN CAUSE DATA LOSS! DO > > NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING". The bad news is, we > > can't tell this before it's too late, such as in a NEWS file - and we > > know, everybody reads release notes too, right? > > I'm expressing support for this, and/or your second option. > Any non-trivial setup will need config changes anyway, and any sane > person already uses version control for /etc + config management for > such setups.
Actually the problem is not the data loss. The problem is the upgrade failure. -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

