[mythtv-users] Can apt-get upgrade break an install?

[Jarod Wilson]

On Monday 06 September 2004 19:45, David Lyons wrote:
> I went and did an apt-get update/upgrade to apply the latest packages to
> my mythtv box. When the packages were installing I got a warning that my
> /etc/apt/sources.list file was replaced.
>
> When I looked at the above file I no longer had Axel Thimm's site listed
> as a source (which I added back in).
>
> That being said, as a newbie, should I be more careful about running the
> above commands for fear that it may break something mythtv requires.

Typically, it won't remove anything without telling you, and a dist-upgrade 
won't yank any required packages. I'm not sure what happened with the 
sources.list getting replaced. Could be that apt from another repo overrid 
Axel's.

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Jarod C. Wilson, RHCE
jcw at wilsonet.com

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