On 8/20/2018 2:54 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:32:39PM +0100, Brian wrote:On Fri 17 Aug 2018 at 21:49:53 +0200, john doe wrote:As an aside, you should consider using 'apt' and not 'apt-get'.Why? What functional difference is there between 'apt-get upgrade' and 'apt-get install' and the apt equivalents?
See below.
I don't agree with john doe's assertion; I'm just answering the literal question.
Reading Debian wiki 'apt-get' is no longer the recommended way to manage pkgs:
https://wiki.debian.org/DebianPackageManagement
"apt upgrade" will install new packages, if necessary, to satisfy the upgrade dependencies; "apt-get upgrade" will not. This is quite visible every time there's a new kernel ABI bump.
This behavior is expected if you read apt(8): https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/apt/apt.8.en.html -- John Doe