Re: nasty slink -> potato upgrade problem

[Daniel Burrows <Daniel_Burrows@brown.edu>]

On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 04:37:11PM +0100, Raphael Hertzog was heard to say:
> Le Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 07:06:24PM +1100, Hamish Moffatt écrivait:
> > Trouble ahead?
> 
> Please run "apt-get install apt" before doing the dist-upgrade. Old apt
> don't manage well the perl transition. This will be documented in the
> Release Notes.

  This is just a thought: would it be a good idea for apt to always upgrade
itself before attempting to upgrade anything else?  Or would this be better
done (if at all) in the frontends?

  Daniel

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