Potato->woody upgrade fails

[Rob Weir]

On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 01:28:24PM +1100, Matthew Hawkins wrote:
> Rob Weir (rweir at softhome.net) wrote:
> > ObAptitudeComment:  Give aptitude a try.
> 
> Early versions of aptitude segfaulted a lot.  Current versions work for
> a bit, then consistently segfault trying to parse the package lists.
> I think it has a long way to go before it can be a substitute for
> dselect.

I can't even remember the last time I got a segfault from aptitude.
Must have been at least a year ago.

> Is this an argument for less packages in debian? ;)

Sounds like an argument for people to send their strace output to the
BTS :)

-rob
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