On Sun, 14 May 2017 12:26:51 +0200
Joachim Fahrner <jf@???> wrote:

> Am 2017-05-14 08:23, schrieb KatolaZ:
> >
> > again, there is nothing to fear in dist-upgrade...
>
> That's right. I'm using Debian/Devuan since many years and never had
> a problem with dist-upgrade. I'm wondering about this myth that
> dist-upgrade could break something.

This concern that you characterize as a "myth" is something I read in
various apt package distro mailing lists on a somewhat regular basis. I
also have one buddy from my LUG whose machine was borked immediately
after doing a apt get dist upgrade.


> dist-upgrade has the same effect
> as if you would do a new install today.

No it doesn't. apt get dist-upgrade must pay attention to your current
config files, some of which might have been constructed four major
versions ago and have little current relevance. After dist-upgrade,
you're very likely to have ghosts of versions past. That's why I clean
install: I'm an elder in the Church of the Known State.

Listen, if you want to use apt get dist upgrade, that's fine. You're
the kind of person that option was made for. But please don't denegrate
the positions of people who won't dist upgrade, and please don't
suggest (as someone else did earlier in this thread) that dist upgrade
should be considered due diligence before submitting a bug.

SteveT

Steve Litt
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