[ale] Staying current with mainstream distribution

[Dow Hurst]

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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