On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 02:52:57PM +1100, hogan wrote: > What's the difference between: > apt-get dist-upgrade > apt-get upgrade > in English? :)
w/o looking at the man page ... Upgrade upgrades packages that you have installed. If new dependencies will remove existing packages, install new packages that you haven't yet asked to be installed, or somehow "break" an installed package, the package is "held back" dist-upgrade accepts the reality that during a large upgrade (like between distributions, say potato and woody) the above will happen a lot, and compensates for this automatically. Sometimes it bites you in the ass though (I've had great luck with it knock on wood :) > Does apt-get dist-upgrade do the same as apt-get upgrade and more? Yup. BTW, I always add the following to /etc/apt/apt.conf: Apt::Get::Show-Upgraded "true"; Makes for less sleepless nights :) -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Inc. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Patton
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