On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 11:54:06AM -0400, Juergen Fiedler wrote: > If I remember correctly, 'dist-upgrade' got its name because it is > smarter about resolving the vast numbers of potentially altered > dependencies... No, it's not any "smarter". What would be the use of a dumber vs smarter algorithm? As documented, the difference between the 'upgrade' and 'dist-upgrade' targets is that 'dist-upgrade' allows apt to change the installation state of a package. It can remove packages, and add new ones, in order to reach a dependency solution. -- Marc Wilson | BOFH excuse #271: The kernel license has expired msw@cox.net |
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