On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:29:57PM -0600, ktb wrote: > On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:06:00PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote: > > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote: > > > > > > I've some doubts about apt-get behaivor... > > > > I did a "normal" installation of potato some months > > > > ago...from time to time I'll was install another packages > > > > that I didn't installl at first installation...so I don't know if > > > > when I do an apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade it > > > > review only the packages installed at first time or if it > > > > review the other packages that I's been installed since > > > > months ago. > > > > > > I'm not sure exactly what "apt-get dist-upgrade" does... as far as what > > > packages is will install. I do know that "apt-get upgrade" only updates > > > packages that you *currently* have installed. > > > > > > I've done an installation and hopefully have the packages that I need > > > and use often enough. I've also went through and removed packages that I > > > don't need. Now, I keep those installed ones up-to-date with the > > > "upgrade" option. I'm afraid that "dist-upgrade" will add some packages > > > back that someone else thinks I need... > > > > I've always used only dist-upgrade and haven't had any problems. I figure > > that it's meant to do a better job if the dependencies of an installed > > package change. > > > > Take a look at the apt-get manpage. "dist-upgrade" upgrades to new > *versions* of programs. "upgrade" adds updates to the *current* > version existing on your machine. If you want to run stable "apt-get > update" "apt-get upgrade" > If you want to upgrade to another version(s) of a package, say in "testing" > you would use "dist-upgrade"
'apt-get dist-upgrade' also handles situations where an updated package introduces new dependencies and installs the dependencies as well. Plain 'apt-get upgrade' does not do this and will hold back an upgrade if the dependencies aren't already installed. -- Bob Nielsen, N7XY [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
