Eero Tamminen schrieb: > Note that for performance reasons the binaries & libraries on the > device are prelinked. This is not automatically done when some > package is updated (would take too long time etc). I.e. with the > central library package update, your device will get slower + use more > Flash and RAM. It may take long, but... > Also, on a mobile device, it's much more likely that the battery runs > out, or drops out (if user is a bit thoughtless). If this happens when > you're running dist-upgrade, you've bricked your device. ...one can make sure that "apt-get dist-upgrade" and similar tasks stop or complain if the device is running on battery. This would enforce major package changes to users with chargers plugged into the device. I still believe that incremental upgrades to the system are the way to go. With a flash image ready just in case the upgrades go wrong or the user wants to make a fresh start. Regards, Hanno