On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 06:41:43PM +0100, Kevin Chadwick wrote:
I always use dist-upgrade but there's not a lot a choose. Upgrade
upgrades installed packages while dist-upgrade can make more
significant changes. Once Wheezy becomes stable the two should do
the same thing. However, I prefer to stay in the habit of using
dist-upgrade (or full-upgrade for aptitude).
The point is, you are *SAFER* using upgrade. Using dist-upgrade can
remove half your sysytem before you can say OMG!
I recommend that new users follow Jochen's advice.
This might only apply to Ubuntu but I am sure I have had packages such
as kernels with security related updates that needed dist-upgrade to
install.
I don't use Ubuntu, so wouldn't know. This may happen, sure. In that
case it is obvious. But I think you are missing the point as to why it
is better to do an upgrade first *THEN IF NECESSARY* do dist-upgrade.
So perhaps safer isn't quite the right word.
No. safer is the right word!