Re:Valve Steam Deck
by sudosysgen on Thursday July 15, 2021 @06:47PM
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Generally Debian breaks come from a mission critical software that isn't really available and requires package updates beyond what your version does or from trying to force an update. Also twice dpkg just shat the bed for no reason, but that was 7 and 8 years ago.
Re:Valve Steam Deck
by zimpenfish on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:49AM
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> How did you exactly break Debian multiple times?
Alas, I can't remember exactly what happened but it was the late 1990s/early 2000s - no crazy stuff involved, just things getting confused / crashing whilst doing updates and leaving things half-arsed and broken.
Re:Valve Steam Deck
by beermonster on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:04PM
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Back in those days it wasn’t unheard of. Good ol’ dselect!
How did you exactly break Debian multiple times?
I've read about people doing crazy stuff, like replacing the default compiler entirely (rather than setting an alternative one) or forcing apt to install incompatible packages... and then complaining that the distribution is not stable.
Non-rolling distros are very very conservative with package upgrades, and they don't "just break", as little changes over a given version.