Re: Apt-get upgrade vs dist-upgrade?
On Thu, Feb 03, 2000 at 10:04:25PM -0500, Marc Sherman wrote:
> What's the difference between apt-get upgrade and
> apt-get dist-upgrade?
Just doing "upgrade" will not upgrade any packages that:
a) Require installing new packages that are not currently installed
b) Require removing packages that are currently installed (conflicts)
Doing a dist-upgrade assumes that you are doing a major thing, and it will
force upgrading to all of the latest packages that you have installed, even
if that means installing new ones to meet dependencies, or removing
obsolete ones that the newer packages conflict with.
Apt-get will specify which packages are NEW, and which are being REMOVED.
So you wont be entering into anything without knowing that is going on.
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