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Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages]

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On 10/04/2018 11:10 PM, mick crane wrote:
> On 2018-10-04 18:27, Glenn English wrote:
>> On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 2:06 PM Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Just did a fresh install to another partition of the machine on which I
>>> observed the current problem.
>>> Installation was from DVD 1 of Debian 9.1.0
>>>
>>> Again LibreOffice Writer would not launch.
>>> Attempted complete removal. This time the LibreOffice meta-package was
>>> identified as broke.
>>> [I did _something_ ???]
>>
>> If I may suggest, skip Stretch and install Buster. I had problems
>> (don't remember what they were) with Stretch too, and everything's
>> working fine on Buster.
>>
>> I've never used anything but Stable, but this time it seemed to be
>> bent. The updates are massive on Testing, but it works.
>>
>> YMMV...
> 
> I agree Buster / apt is working well.
> Spent ages messing with different distributions in the past.
> Really these days there seems to be no need.
> 
> mick

I'm not comfortable with anything other than "stable".
When moving from one release to the next my custom is to purchase a DVD 
set and do a complete fresh install.

However, I *am* several point releases behind. I just read the apt-get 
man page and don't grasp how to chose between upgrade and dist-upgrade. 
It's purpose is focused more on "what" than "why" of each option.

Can someone point me to a discussion of why one would chose a particular 
option?

TIA

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Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-03 14:30 +0200
  Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2018-10-03 16:00 +0200
    Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2018-10-04 13:40 +0200
    Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-04 14:10 +0200
      More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-04 16:10 +0200
        Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Glenn English <ghe2001@gmail.com> - 2018-10-04 19:30 +0200
          Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 00:10 +0200
          Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-05 06:20 +0200
            Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-05 12:00 +0200
              Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 12:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2018-10-05 13:00 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 13:20 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 13:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 13:30 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 17:10 +0200
                Re: apt 101 (was: Re: More info) Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-05 17:40 +0200
                Re: apt 101 (was: Re: More info) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 18:10 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-05 21:50 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-05 22:20 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-05 23:40 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-10-06 03:40 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-10-06 16:50 +0200
                Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-06 10:20 +0200
              Re: More info - was [Re: Synaptic fails to fix broken packages] Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-05 15:00 +0200

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