Re: Debian 7 Wheezy Stable Relelased
On Mon 06 May 2013 at 08:45:30 -0400, staticsafe wrote:
> On 5/6/2013 2:21, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> > On Du, 05 mai 13, 19:30:00, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> >>
> >> All that's required now is to cease using 'dist-upgrade' for
> >> upgrading. Dist-upgrade was recommended in the user install
> >> manual while Wheezy was still Testing. Now, that it's Stable,
> >> 'upgrade' is the recommended method.
> >
> > Could you please provide a reference for that? The collective
> > wisdom on this list recommends to always use 'upgrade' and
> > 'dist-upgrade' only if really required (e.g. packages not
> > upgraded).
> >
> > It's rare, but it may happen that 'dist-upgrade' is needed also on
> > stable.
> >
> > Kind regards, Andrei
> >
> Hmm, I'm following this -
> http://www.debian.org/releases/wheezy/amd64/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html
> - as an upgrade guide.
>
> It suggests `apt-get upgrade` first (after changes your sources of
> course).
I think Andrei is talking about upgrade vs dist-upgrade after Squeeze is
upgraded to Wheezy. Although I use dist-upgrade, I think either can be
used. A point release is not known for removing any packages from the
system.
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