On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 06:41:24PM -0600, Colin Watson wrote: > On Sun, Nov 04, 2001 at 02:10:53PM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > > If you have choice, do not dist-upgrade after many programs are > > installed. > > Why not?
Sometime, I am "overly cautious". I know and I usually do not bother this caution. But, "it should work without doing this" does not mean always work. In order to minimize hussle, I tend to upgrade basic package first when I upgrade whole system. First, perl, libc6, libdb2. Then move to apt to avoid dependancy problems. Some gnome package may give strange problem if their dependancy are not precise. I said "if you have choice". I can say if you are "too worried" or if you want to be on "extremely safe side". That is what I meant. These fundamental system packages went through major upgrade recently. testing is a testing, ... It does not harm to be cautious. Cheers :-) -- ~\^o^/~~~ ~\^.^/~~~ ~\^*^/~~~ ~\^_^/~~~ ~\^+^/~~~ ~\^:^/~~~ ~\^v^/~~~ + Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, GnuPG-key: 1024D/D5DE453D + + My debian quick-reference, http://www.aokiconsulting.com/quick/ +
