Re: updating debian 8 (jessie) stable to permanent testing - SOLVED?
Francis Gerund writes:
> sudo apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade
> sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> I presume that's what you meant. Is the answer yes, then? But if so,
> wouldn't that only have to be done once, followed by periodically
> doing:
> sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
No. Testing is in the process of becoming the next release and therefor
is subject at any time to the sort of changes that dist-upgrade is
intended for. Same is true of Unstable.
What you want to do periodically is:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
apt-get -s dist-upgrade
Look over what apt-get proposes to do. If it looks ok,
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
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John Hasler
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA
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