Upadte only updates the package cache, upgrade adds/removes packages. -ishwar On Sun, 5 Jun 2005, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > Curious. I just used aptitude to update 'testing' (which still points > to sarge, right?), got _lots_ of x-server stuff, but nothing rewrote > my config file. Is there a difference between what "apt-get upgrade" > does and what an update using aptitude does? > > Patrick > >