Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster

From	Mark Allums <mark@allums.email>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster
Date	2019-07-07 19:10 +0200
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On 7/7/19 9:42 AM, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Jul 2019 08:44:52 -0500
> Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> wrote:
> 
> Hello Mark,

>> I am not exactly sure why you are concerned about "mixed repos".
> 
> Personally, I'm not.  However, the nature of your questions indicated to
> me that you aren't entirely at home fiddling with this stuff.  I stress;
> to me.  It also seems I may have come to the wrong conclusion about your
> capabilities in this area.  My apologies.

No problem. I am experienced, but I don't subscribe to all the mailing 
lists.  I'm no guru.

> 
> Having a mixture of stable and testing under certain circumstances can
> be a recipe for disaster.  Check the list archives; there are quite a
> few examples of people getting into a mess when mixing repos in this way.
> 

Generally updates to discrete packages and sets of packages are okay.  I 
am careful about system packages.  E.g., I would update VLC or 
LibreOffice, but not systemd.

Thanks for all your help.

Mark

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Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 13:10 +0200
  Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster john doe <johndoe65534@mail.com> - 2019-07-07 13:20 +0200
    Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2019-07-07 14:30 +0200
      Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-07 14:40 +0200
  Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 13:20 +0200
  Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Dekks Herton <dekkzz78@gmail.com> - 2019-07-07 13:20 +0200
    Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2019-07-07 13:40 +0200
      Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <maa@allums.com> - 2019-07-07 13:50 +0200
        Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> - 2019-07-07 14:00 +0200
    Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 13:40 +0200
      Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-07 14:10 +0200
        Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 15:10 +0200
          Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-07 15:30 +0200
            Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 15:50 +0200
              Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-07 16:50 +0200
                Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2019-07-07 19:10 +0200
                Re: [solved?] Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <mark@allums.email> - 2019-07-07 19:10 +0200
    Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Mark Allums <maa@allums.com> - 2019-07-07 14:10 +0200
      Apt vs Apt-get (Was: Can't Upgrade to Buster} Matthew Crews <mailinglists@mattcrews.com> - 2019-07-07 14:50 +0200
  Re: Can't Upgrade to Buster Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2019-07-07 14:10 +0200

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