Does anybody use apt-get dist-upgrade to upgrade to Hardy?

[Fred Roller]

On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 12:11 -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Florian Diesch wrote:
> 
> > Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> > 
> >> Oliver Grawert wrote:
> >>
> >>> use update-manager-core for commandline upgrades, dont use apt-get if
> >>> you cant handle the fallout you get with it (u-m has builtin handling
> >>> for a ton of special cases to guarantee a smooth upgrade in any case.
> >>
> >> Guarantee?  That's a huge improvement over Gutsy...
> >>
> >> I tried update-manager for the first time with gutsy, and it broke, so I
> >> went back to aptitude.
> > 
> > There's no guarantee that update-manager works without glitches, but
> > chances are better than without it.
> 
> Yeah, that's what I figured.  I really don't have a problem with
> update-manager, and to be fair when it broke when I was using it, I had
> kicked off the update at work, forgotten about it, and hibernated when I
> left - then when I resumed the machine at home something (I don't recall
> what) was broken.  That's not a normal, or recommended, use case :-)
> -- 
> derek
> 
> 
I used update manager for my upgrade on an Acer Aspire 9300.  So far so
good.