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Originally Posted by TadW
If you upgrade Ubuntu or Debian, all your installed packages need to be reinstalled.[...]
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Errr, what? The last times I did an "apt-get upgrade" or "apt-get dist-upgrade" it just reinstalled those packages that were actually upgraded, and I did not have to recompile or reinstall the stuff I have in /usr/local/.
To be precise: This is the mail reader I'm using:
Code:
>ls -l `which pine`
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root staff 9034445 2005-02-12 10:44 /usr/local/bin/pine
And my debian did
many dist-upgrades since february 2005.
Actually, this is one of the reasons I love Debian in particular. When I talk to a poor chap who has to reinstall all his apps because he upgrades to Vista, or because he bought a new computer, or a new harddisk, or has a sluggish system because he installed to many stuff, I can lean back with a fat grin and say
"Well, I never have to reinstall my stuff, because I use the good Linux".