Ole Sebastian Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What are the differences between apt-get upgrade and apt-get
>dist-upgrade?
Look in the apt-get(8) man page:
upgrade
upgrade is used to install the newest versions of
all packages currently installed on the system from
the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list.
Packages currently installed with new versions
available are retrieved and upgraded; under no cir
cumstances are currently installed packages
removed, or packages not already installed
retrieved and installed. New versions of currently
installed packages that cannot be upgraded without
changing the install status of another package will
be left at their current version. An update must be
performed first so that apt-get knows that new ver
sions of packages are available.
[...]
dist-upgrade
dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the func
tion of upgrade, also intelligently handles chang
ing dependencies with new versions of packages;
apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system,
and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
packages at the expense of less important ones if
necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains
a list of locations from which to retrieve desired
package files.
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Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
