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Re: unhappy upgrade



On Ma, 05 oct 21, 10:48:03, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2021, 9:04 AM David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> > Yes, apt-get was recommended for upgrading to stretch. Note however
> > that if you perform your next upgrades with apt, as recommended,
> > some of the command names (like dist-upgrade) will differ in apt.
> >
> 
> I thought "dist-upgrade" is used to upgrade packages that need a "version
> change" (like, sometimes the Kernel).  Is this recent (i.e. Stretch?)

With `apt-get`, yes. With `apt` just `upgrade` is sufficient as well as 
safer, because it allows installation of new packages, but not removals.

It's also shorter to type ;)

See apt-get(8) and apt(8) for details.

Kind regards,
Andrei
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