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"dist-upgrade frequently" Why would you run dist-upgrade frequently? Its hard to diagnose a bug report like that, BUT, one reason to run dist-upgrade frequent

by VLM 11y ago

"dist-upgrade frequently" Why would you run dist-upgrade frequently? Its hard to diagnose a bug report like that, BUT, one reason to run dist-upgrade frequently would be if you're tracking unstable or testing especially during the early times of a dev cycle. Don't do that. Run unstable or testing I mean. Its a "let you shoot yourself in your foot if you insist on doing it" type thing. Unstable will tend to be unstable... You should have to run dist-upgrade exactly one day per release cycle if you run stable. You may have to run it twice for certain historical upgrades lost in the mists of time, so I can't say it never happens and always only run it once per release cycle.

burntsushi 11y ago
I think you may have misinterpreted. I didn't run dist-upgrade frequently, rather, the ratio of failure was high. (This my memory from 6-7 years ago. For all I know, it could have failed twice because I did something stupid, didn't know it, and moved on.) My central point is calling someone's else's experience bullshit, is, well, bullshit. My comment has little to do with anything else.