On Fri, Sep 13, 2002 at 01:46:22AM -0700, Brian Nelson wrote: > ...... Some packages are rather > crippled if you don't install their Recommended: packages, and it's > usually not at all obvious why some functionality is missing. In most > cases, you really want to install all Recommended: packages, and you > should consider installing Suggested: packages.
Never noticed that to be honest, but as I said, I don't rely on apt-get to get some functionality working, but rather packages I believe that should to the trick. > > As I understand it, apt-get will make sure that any piece of > > software just works. > Not necessarily. apt-get can't always do a very good job of dependency > resolution. It can be pretty easy to get your system into a broken > state that's tough to fix with apt-get alone, especially if you track > unstable. That is a reason to seriously consider changing my ways. When I install something from other than stable I use foo-pkg/release. Before that, I used to add the -t release flag. That has resulted in a few unwanted upgrades in the past that made tracking a bitch. I thought I conquered that. I should think again, right? > Also, apt-get tends to be too quiet. For example, it may decide > to hold back a whole bunch of packages without giving the user any hints > as to why. > apt-get is useful for times when you know exactly what package you want > to install. However, it's a rather inadequate for tracking updates to > continuously-changing distributions. Okay, being a bonehead I never even considered using any of the alternatives. Given your insight in my psyche, what would you Recommend or Suggest for me to try? Can you also mention a few pkgs that are likely to be troublesome when apt-get is used in favour of an alternative. I am now ready to use a test-system to learn about the intricacies of tracking and keeping a system up to date. Having said that, I still believe I am rather uncomfortable with a packaging system issuing recommendations and suggestions. I am not completely misguided when I mainly trust on dependency and perhaps the package description? > -- > People said I was dumb, but I proved them! Generally I don't even notice sigs, but in this case: People said I was stubborn, but I proved them! Thanks for taking the time for this rehabilitation. Bob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
