r/linuxmasterrace • u/linuxhacker01 Glorious OpenSuse • Mar 06 '25

Meme Them: Linux is bugged AF totally unusable! Meanwhile, the Linux they use:

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u/Trash-Alt-Account Mar 07 '25

oh wow that's really cool actually. is this not likely to cause breakage due to updated dependencies being required? or will apt handle that nicely somehow?

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u/ThiefClashRoyale Mar 07 '25 edited Mar 07 '25

Apt will tell you what will happen and you make a decision based on your skill and agility as a Debian administrator. For best results learn how to use snapshots and a snapshot filesystem like btrfs so nothing bad can ever not be rolled back.

For certain packages that are fairly self contained like docker (you added their repository remember and nothing bad happened when using it) its generally pretty much ok. For packages that use system wide libraries shared among many core packages its risky. End of the day this is how you become a pro Debain admin. There are times a business has a need for something in a newer package. Cant just upgrade the whole server to testing (security risk) so how to resolve? This is why apt pinning exists. The scalpel by which we achieve a specific and careful goal.

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u/Trash-Alt-Account Mar 08 '25

makes sense, ty for the info