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Dow Hurst wrote:
> YAST will resolve your dependencies.  Upgrading the 9.1 can be 
> successfully done.  I just had a user upgrade themselves successfully 
> from 8.2 to 9.1.
> Dow
> 
> 
> BruceG wrote:
> 
>> Hey all,
>>
>>       I am running SuSE 9.0 on one desktop, and Debian 
>> testing/unstable (from Knoppix) on another. I noticed with the Debian 
>> desktop I can do an apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade and end up 
>> with the latest and greatest Gimp, Open Office, Mosaic, KDE, Wine ... 
>> - it all just upgrades to the latest versions (well, maybe after some 
>> apt-get -f install, and a rare dpkg --force-overwrite on occasion).
>>
>>       Are there any tools in the SuSE world that will let me upgrade 
>> to the latest packages, or do I just wait for the most recent release 
>> and do an upgrade of all packages? Does Ximian red-carpet offer that 
>> kind of service, and is it at cost?
>>
>>       I like how stable and reliable SuSE has been, but don't feel 
>> confident in upgrading specific packages by RPM - I kind of prefer 
>> Debian's way of dealing with that. Any thoughts or recommendations?
>>
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