Re: Apt-get Upgrade Problem in Stretch?

[Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:57:50 -0400 Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> Patrick Bartek composed on 2017-07-19 10:29 (UTC-0700):
> 
> > Getting no results from apt-get upgrade after a week.  Can install
> > apps, etc., but get no security or stretch-update "fixes," etc.  I
> > find this unusual.  Did a mail list archive search for this, but
> > didn't find anything specific. Or did I miss the solution?
> 
> > My Test Setup:
> 
> > Stretch Stable 64-bit from net-install disk in Virtualbox 5.1 on a
> > Wheezy host.  Basic terminal install (no GUI), converted to sysvinit
> > (did not do anything to systemd files. Kept as dependencies) and
> > then added xorg, openbox window manager, etc.
> 
> > Thanks for any feedback.
> 
> Did you miss that in Stretch apt is preferred to apt-get?

I will try apt and see what happens, but apt-get is just a front end
for apt like aptitude and synaptic.  Of course, there could be a bug in
apt-get.

Thanks

B