Re: Wheezy - aptitude safe-upgrade vs apt-get dist-upgrade
I think you'll find every thing you need in the Debian doc: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html#_literal_apt_get_literal_literal_apt_cache_literal_vs_literal_aptitude_literal
Quote: The difference between "safe-upgrade
"/"upgrade
" and "full-upgrade
"/"dist-upgrade
"
only appears when new versions of packages stand in different
dependency relationships from old versions of those packages. The "aptitude safe-upgrade
" command does not install new packages nor remove installed packages.
HTH
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