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

[Oliver Grawert]

hi,
Am Dienstag, den 06.05.2008, 13:54 +0000 schrieb Derek Broughton:
> Derek Broughton <news <at> pointerstop.ca> writes:
> 
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> 
> Grmble....
> 
> Sorry, Oliver, I want my money back :-)
oh, no problem, i'll personally give back every cent to you you had to
pay for the software on the ubuntu CD, just send me the bill :P

> 
> There should be a decent warning that it can't run in a reasonable business 
> day.  It ran 6+ hours - with much disk activity for the last two, where it 
> didn't actually seem to do anything - before I had to turn off my laptop. 
aptitude wont help you if your mirror is slow, which one is your system
using ? 

ciao
	oli
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