Doing last part of update

[ken <gebser@mousecar.com>]

Hey, group,

A cron job on a system I was just handed does this:

/usr/bin/apt-get dist-upgrade -d -y -o APT::Get::Show-Upgraded=true

So there are some packages downloaded which need to be finished up. 
I've been using the "other" linux distro for a long time and haven't 
used debian in a very long time.  Truth be told, I'm a little shaky 
about doing this, don't want to remarkably mess up.  It's been 
recommended that I use aptitude.  But how would this play out?  What's 
the method least likely to encounter difficulty.

Thanks much.