How did you update to stretch?

From	Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	How did you update to stretch?
Date	2017-06-26 15:00 +0200
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Hi folks,

I am running debian now since "potatoe", which is a rather loooooong time. And 
in all this time I never got into any bad problems. Impressiv! 

But I think, there is a little think worth to be noticed, and maybe, 
discussed.

I always remarked at every update to the next stable version is, that aptitude 
might  not be the best choice for that. At every update, aptitude is ending in 
a loop with trying to solve dependency conflicts. 

This is strange, as aptitude is running fine when using for regularly upgrades. 

So, how are your experiences? Did you end in the same issues as I ended?

The solution for me is using "apt-get dist-upgrade" and afterwards "aptitude 
full-upgrade". Doing so is working like a charme.

As I read, aptitude is the tool for the future, so I fear, apt-get will 
disappear some day. Please don't! Aptitude does not do the job (full-upgrade) 
very well at the moment. 

I believe, this is not a bug, I more believe. this is a problem for the 
algorithm to solve the complexity of the dependencies due to the complicated 
ruleset aptitude is using. As far as I know, apt-get is using a more simple 
ruleset, so it can resolve dependencies better.

What are your experiences? What are you prefer at distribution upgrades?

If this discussion is interesting for you, I will be happy, if not, sorry for 
the noise. 

Best regards and thanks for debian!

Hans

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How did you update to stretch? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-06-26 15:00 +0200
  Re: How did you update to stretch? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-06-26 15:20 +0200
    Re: How did you update to stretch? John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2017-06-26 15:30 +0200
      Re: How did you update to stretch? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-06-26 15:50 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2017-06-26 16:00 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2017-06-26 16:50 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-26 17:30 +0200
    Re: How did you update to stretch? Alberto Luaces <aluaces@udc.es> - 2017-06-26 15:50 +0200
    Re: How did you update to stretch? John Elliot V <jj5@jj5.net> - 2017-06-26 19:10 +0200
      Re: How did you update to stretch? Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-06-26 19:10 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? John Elliot V <jj5@jj5.net> - 2017-06-26 19:20 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-26 20:10 +0200
          Re: How did you update to stretch? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-06-26 20:20 +0200
            Re: How did you update to stretch? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-26 21:00 +0200
          Re: How did you update to stretch? David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2017-06-26 20:30 +0200
            Re: How did you update to stretch? The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm> - 2017-06-26 20:40 +0200
            Re: How did you update to stretch? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-26 21:40 +0200
              Re: How did you update to stretch? John Elliot V <jj5@jj5.net> - 2017-06-26 22:20 +0200
                Re: How did you update to stretch? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-27 02:10 +0200
                Re: How did you update to stretch? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-27 09:20 +0200
                Re: How did you update to stretch? deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-06-28 00:00 +0200
            Re: How did you update to stretch? Dave Sherohman <dave@sherohman.org> - 2017-06-27 10:10 +0200
              Re: How did you update to stretch? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-27 22:20 +0200
      Re: How did you update to stretch? Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-26 19:30 +0200
        Re: How did you update to stretch? Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-06-26 20:20 +0200
      Re: How did you update to stretch? Jonathan Dowland <jmtd@debian.org> - 2017-06-26 23:00 +0200
  Re: How did you update to stretch? Jörg-Volker Peetz <jvpeetz@web.de> - 2017-06-26 17:30 +0200

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