On Tue, 27 Jun 2017 03:04:30 +1000 John Elliot V <j...@jj5.net> wrote:
> On 26/06/17 23:12, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > >> So, how are your experiences? Did you end in the same issues as I > >> ended? > > > > Nope, I read the release notes and simply did > > > > (correct sources.list) > > apt-get update > > apt-get upgrade > > apt-get dist-upgrade > > (pending reboot) > > Can I ask why you did the apt-get upgrade before the apt-get > dist-upgrade? Why not just go straight for apt-get dist-upgrade..? > As far as I remember, that's been advised, not mandatory, in all the upgrade sections of release notes that I have ever seen. Presumably, serious problems in an upgrade are potentially less difficult to recover from than those during a dist-upgrade, as only new software and version changes have been installed. Package architecture changes and other alterations which only a dist-upgrade can achieve would seem to me to be likely to be harder to roll back. Of course, there's no reason why a small number of problems in only the dist-upgrade changes should not occur, making no difference to the methods. Maybe it's also for the psychological effect of dividing the task into two parts, with time for a break and a sigh of relief when the first part goes without difficulty... -- Joe
