On Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:41:42 +0100 David Reynolds <david@reynoldsfamily.org.uk> allegedly wrote:
I believe aptitude has been the recommended tool to use since etch was released (possibly before) particularly for upgrading between versions.
I've just run a successful upgrade (on a really ropey old Compaq Armada) from etch to lenny using apt-get upgrade and apt-get dist-upgrade. Using aptitude never crossed my mind. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------