On Sat, May 13, 2017 at 11:03:18AM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> On Sat, 13 May 2017 01:06:38 -1000
> Joel Roth <joelz@???> wrote:
>
> > Long before three weeks ago. I don't usually upgrade or
> > dist-upgrade unless there is some particular need.
> > Probably I'm not alone, even if that is not considered
> > best practice.
>
> I never dist-upgrade. From what I hear, it breaks things. If I feel the
> need to dist-upgrade, it's probably time to back up, reformat the
> disks, and clean-install a later version.
>

Just to avoid confusion, in this specific case there was no need at
all to dist-upgrade. A simple apt-get upgrade would have pulled the
correct version of reportbug.

And since it has been mentioned, dist-upgrade does not break anything,
if done correctly. I had a desktop which went from etch to wheezy,
without a single reinstall, and several other machines which saw at
least three different releases, again without a single reinstall. This
is what people mean when they say that De??an is "rock-solid",
"reliable", and "durable".

HND

KatolaZ

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