[ale] there's "apt" to be trouble - was -> linus doesn't like Debian?

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James Sumners wrote:
> If doing `apt-get dist-upgrade` is going to
> break things, then it shouldn't be done. The only time such a scenario
> should occur is when doing a dist-upgrade from the stable branch to
> testing, unstable, or experimental. At least, when running Debian.
> 

lol, i don't even do 'apt-get upgrade' anymore.  just 'apt-get
dist-upgrade'.

although i usually first do "apt-get dist-upgrade --dry-run" so i can
see what is going to happen first.  there have been times that i chose
to wait a day or two.  :-)