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Re: [LUG] apt-getting apps from newer repos?

 

2008/12/16 Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> I'd just do a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 over the top.
>
> No, there is generally no need for that. Debian deliberately supports
> migrating between library versions. Sometimes, Ubuntu break that
> support by sticking to arbitrary release deadlines (Debian, famously,
> does not respect any time-based deadlines) but, mostly, it does continue
> to work.
>

I said _I'd_ just do a clean install on top, not that he had to.

I have upgraded many debian and ubuntu systems and managed to resolve
any issues (and yes, there have been issues on debian as well as
ubuntu) however the OP said he'd had problems with that specific
upgrade previously. His options include trying the upgrade again and
try to resolve whatever issues come up, live with what he has, upgrade
the packages as he wanted and expect breakage or odd behaviour or
something else - which might well be installing debian. But the last
option isn't a panacea. The others are reasonable.

Just because upgrades are supposed to work, doesn't mean they _always_ do.

Cheers,
Al.

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