Re: use of apt-get upgrade...
On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 02:29:57PM -0600, ktb wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 01:06:00PM -0700, Rick Macdonald wrote:
> > On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Hall Stevenson wrote:
> >
> > > > I've some doubts about apt-get behaivor...
> > > > I did a "normal" installation of potato some months
> > > > ago...from time to time I'll was install another packages
> > > > that I didn't installl at first installation...so I don't know if
> > > > when I do an apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade it
> > > > review only the packages installed at first time or if it
> > > > review the other packages that I's been installed since
> > > > months ago.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure exactly what "apt-get dist-upgrade" does... as far as what
> > > packages is will install. I do know that "apt-get upgrade" only updates
> > > packages that you *currently* have installed.
> > >
> > > I've done an installation and hopefully have the packages that I need
> > > and use often enough. I've also went through and removed packages that I
> > > don't need. Now, I keep those installed ones up-to-date with the
> > > "upgrade" option. I'm afraid that "dist-upgrade" will add some packages
> > > back that someone else thinks I need...
> >
> > I've always used only dist-upgrade and haven't had any problems. I figure
> > that it's meant to do a better job if the dependencies of an installed
> > package change.
> >
>
> Take a look at the apt-get manpage. "dist-upgrade" upgrades to new
> *versions* of programs. "upgrade" adds updates to the *current*
> version existing on your machine. If you want to run stable "apt-get
> update" "apt-get upgrade"
> If you want to upgrade to another version(s) of a package, say in "testing"
> you would use "dist-upgrade"
'apt-get dist-upgrade' also handles situations where an updated package
introduces new dependencies and installs the dependencies as well.
Plain 'apt-get upgrade' does not do this and will hold back an upgrade
if the dependencies aren't already installed.
--
Bob Nielsen, N7XY nielsen@oz.net
Bainbridge Island, WA http://www.oz.net/~nielsen
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