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Package management and security



Greets,

I saw in 'man apt-get' that using apt-get upgrade does not install new packages or remove an already installed package.
Is it possible that I did'nt get the latest security fixes using apt-get upgade in a cron job ?
I think particularly about security fixes that can't be retro-ported to the debian stable version and needs to upgrade the package to the latest author available version, what's going on if the package dependencies changes ? Does the security patched will be installed with it's new dependencies anyway or does the package will not be upgraded ?

Thanks for your help,
FP



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