On Mi, 28 mar 12, 10:56:49, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > >The release note "4.4.6. Upgrading the system" has: > >http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html#upgrading-full > >The upgrade process for other releases recommended the use of aptitude > >for the upgrade. This tool is not recommended for upgrades from lenny to > >squeeze. > > hi, > In a perfect world, this information would be enough to know what to do. > Alas, it is not, and the documentation found at different (official) places > is > not always consistent.
Please feel free to report bugs for such inconsistencies, but the Release Notes are the canonical documentation for upgrading from one Debian stable release to another. > In the debian faq, I read: > > Note that apt-get now installs recommended packages as default and is > the preferred program for package management from console to perform > system installation and major system upgrades for its robustness. > > aptitude is recommended for daily package management from console. How exactly does this contradict the Release Notes? Kind regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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