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>Definitely correct, the issue is when you're trying to install a package to get something done, and suddenly your faced with the proposition of either upgradin
by boomboomsubban 5y ago
>Definitely correct, the issue is when you're trying to install a package to get something done, and suddenly your faced with the proposition of either upgrading your whole system while trying to get work done or attempting to upgrade just the required libraries. The latter often carries less risk, but occasionally is very problematic.
I may be wrong, as my default is to -Syu any package I install, but doesn't -S install the version of the package compatible with the last time you updated your repos? It's -Sy that can cause problems.
- paulfurtado 5y agoPackage versions don't remain in the repo for long so if you don't update the package index you'll find that many packages are not installable. There isn't really a snapshot of compatible versions at a given point in time as far as I know, though this might work for a couple of weeks.