[SGVLUG] RPM hell -- why not just change to debian?

[Robert]

Greets,

Well, I believe debian is a bit unique in that you can keep your current
version up-to-date:

(as sudo or root)

#aptitude update
(...stuff happens...)

#aptitude upgrade
(...stuff happens...)

or upgrade to a newer version using dist-upgrade.


For me, I am in the habit of updating my Debian "stable" version on a
weekly basis.


Me

> Emerson, Tom wrote:
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> Behalf Of Mike Fedyk
>>> Emerson, Tom wrote:
>>>
>>
>>
>>>> Some cases-in-point
>>>>
>> (snip)
>>
>> I haven't been as bold with "updates" -- I think most of the time
>> I've simply done a full install and manually select packages I
>> think I'd like to see or use [and as I mentioned earlier, forget
>> that I was going to try them out...]  I think I've done an "upgrade"
>> once, and instead of marking the system as "SuSE 8.0", it changed
>> my 7.x system to "7.99" :)
>>
> Most RPM based distros have trouble with upgrading.  Though it works
> with debian because you only install a debian system once.  That is The
> Way(tm).
>


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Robert Leyva
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