[Linux-disciples] Debian upgrade order

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

At least one part of it makes sense, which is to do all the
configuration and dialogs up front, so you can answer all those
questions and then walk away while it completes the upgrade.  I guess
the question is how much pre-stuff needs to be done before those
questions can be presented and answered.

Dylan Thurston wrote:
> On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 01:32:25PM -0400, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> 
>>I just did a big Ubuntu apt-get upgrade, which is
>>obviously identical to the Debian apt-get upgrade, and I
>>noticed that the order seems to be
>>
>>foreach(@packages) {
>>	pre-install script;
>>}
>>
>>foreach(@packages) {
>>	unpack;
>>}
>>
>>foreach(@packages) {
>>	install script;
>>}
> 
> 
> That's a simplification, since sometimes one package needs to be
> fully installed before another package is pre-installed, but
> essentially, yes.
> 
> 
>>Any idea why Debian orders the process the way it does?
> 
> 
> I've wondered about this myself.  I assumed it was for efficiency
> reasons, that it ends up being faster this way, but I don't know.
> 
> Peace,
> 	Dylan
> 
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