Re: apt-get question..

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Subject: Re: apt-get question..
From: Raj Kiran Grandhi <grajkiran@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 May 2008 06:25:16 +0530
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ISHWAR RATTAN wrote:


I have a debian system installed and want to dist
upgrade it, BUT I want apt--get dist-upgrade to upgrade
only the installed debs and not to download everything
under the sun!

'apt-get dist-upgrade' does exactly that. It tries to update as many ofthe installed packages as possible and may add/remove a few packages toresolve dependencies and conflicts in a more intelligent manner that'apt-get upgrade'


Is such a thing possible?

-ishwar



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