Hi Klamath , I have not ever tested Elive.
I use Live CD for updates from one version to another.
Current version - 1.9.32 Unstable.
In fact today I had 128 updates since Synaptic.
Build "e17 - 1svn20090707-10"
Greetings:
Agust
Linux user # 461797Elive user since 2006