Re: Confused about dist-upgrade
On 23 January 2014 20:51, Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> wrote:
>
> A thread about dist-upgrade has me confused. In my experience I have only
> ever run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' when I wanted to move from one release to
> the next, say, from squeeze to wheezy.
>
> Similarly, if I wanted to insure I had the latest versions of packages
> already installed (and any/all security fixes) I have run 'apt-get update'
> followed immediately by 'apt-get upgrade.'
>
> But the thread currently underway about dist-upgrade suggests that users are
> running it rather routinely, and not at all necessarily to move from one
> release to the next.
>
> Can someone please point out what I am missing?
>
> Thanks,
>
Were those users using Debian stable? I use Sid so I usually
dist-upgrade as long it isn't going obviously affect my system, i.e
removing applications I want to keep.
--
rob
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