Benefits of using aptitude [Was: Re: how to shift from stable to testing]

2007-07-18 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Wed, Jul 18, 2007 at 07:10:17AM +, Silke Suck wrote: > Still, if you're used to apt-get, I don't really see a reason to switch. > I always recommend aptitude, but never tell users to switch from apt-get > on a running system. If I should, please let me know the reasons. The biggest benef

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-18 Thread Silke Suck
Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> I would _not_ recommend switching to aptitude on a system on which you >> have used apt-get until then, though. In most cases, this leads to >> problems (e.g. aptitude trying to remove your complete graphical >> environment). Not to unsolvable problems

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-17 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:17:15AM +, Silke Suck wrote: > Hi, > > Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > I would like to recommend aptitude instead of apt-get. It is also the=20 > > debian recommended tool. > > I would _not_ recommend switching to aptitude on a system on which you >

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-16 Thread Silke Suck
Hi, Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I would like to recommend aptitude instead of apt-get. It is also the=20 > debian recommended tool. I would _not_ recommend switching to aptitude on a system on which you have used apt-get until then, though. In most cases, this leads to problems

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-15 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 02:00:13AM +0530, Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu wrote: >> I changed my sources list to point to testing and then (with a deep >> breath and confidence data was backed up), hit apt-get dist-upgrade. >> When I did it, it was only a few weeks after Etch was "fixed" so the >> updat

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-14 Thread Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu
I changed my sources list to point to testing and then (with a deep breath and confidence data was backed up), hit apt-get dist-upgrade. When I did it, it was only a few weeks after Etch was "fixed" so the updates have been gradual. But that is the process I used, although there may well be season

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-14 Thread andy
Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu wrote: hello Now i am using Debian Etch and I am interested in going to testing. What should I do? Does adding the testing repo in sources.list and updating will work? Does all the base packages and all others get updated? Regards Goudar I changed my sources list to

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-14 Thread Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu
On 15/07/07, Alan Ianson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now i am using Debian Etch and I am interested in going to testing. > What should I do? Does adding the testing repo in sources.list and > updating will work? Yes, change your stable/etch lines in /etc/sources.list to testing or lenny and then

Re: how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-14 Thread Alan Ianson
On Sat July 14 2007 12:17, Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu wrote: > hello > Now i am using Debian Etch and I am interested in going to testing. > What should I do? Does adding the testing repo in sources.list and > updating will work? Yes, change your stable/etch lines in /etc/sources.list to testing

how to shift from stable to testing

2007-07-14 Thread Goudar Vishwanathappa Manu
hello Now i am using Debian Etch and I am interested in going to testing. What should I do? Does adding the testing repo in sources.list and updating will work? Does all the base packages and all others get updated? Regards -- G V Manu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje