ryanjonath...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi there,
Just one question,
Is it better to upgrade debian using dist-upgrade or just download the new iso
and reinstalling it?? I'm waiting for the squeeze final release.. Currently
still using lenny.
I do dist-upgrades from Sid, but I also have kept up a script that
installs from scratch.
The reason for the latter is that I like to know what packages I asked
to be installed and for what reason.
The vast majority of packages are dependencies and it is never clear why
they were pulled in and by whom.
I now do a dist-upgrade and see:
858 upgraded, 289 newly installed, 15 to remove and 1 not upgraded.
Yet as I install from scratch I only ask for 220 packages in total.
Hugo
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