On Mon, Mar 09 2015,Brian wrote: > On Sun 08 Mar 2015 at 00:58:29 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
[snipped 20 lines] > But what do we think about this as a procedure? [1] > > apt-get update > apt-get -y upgrade > aptitude -y upgrade > apt-get -y dist-upgrade > aptitude -y dist-upgrade > apt-get -y autoremove > > When asked about it the response was [1]: > > First apt-get upgrade does the easy upgrades. > Then aptitude upgrade does the slightly harder upgrades (new packages). > Then apt-get dist-upgrade does the easy dist-upgrades. > Then aptitude dist-upgrade does the harder dist-upgrades where manual > intervention via the GUI might be needed. > > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780028 > > As someone who is a deb newbie following these posts, can the gurus make up their collective minds and let forth the mantra invocation that I need to invoke? ;) I just want a tidy ship and all I want is the One True Directive(TM). sivaram -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/87h9ttcxty....@gmail.com
