On Wednesday 31 October 2001 17:57, Viktor Rosenfeld wrote: > Mike Fontenot wrote: > > Is my interpretation correct, or have I misunderstood > > the man page? (My main concern is that I don't want to > > accidentally upgrade to woody). > > You are mostly correct. IIRC, if the package structure changes, e.g. > some packages get split up and others are added, then "upgrade" won't > handle that and only upgrade the packages you have installed. > "dist-upgrade" handles this case more intelligently. > > However, since the package structure in potato (stable) won't change, > "dist-upgrade" and "upgrade" have the same effect. An "upgrade" on > woody or sid might leave your system broken, though. > > So, if you "upgrade" to woody, better use "dist-upgrade". :) > > Cheers, > Viktor
IIRC, some have suggested a cycle of "upgrade" followed by "dist-upgrade" when moving from one distribution to another. Is there an advantage to this as regards split/packages, changed directory structures, etc.? bob ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: ----------------------------------------
