On Friday 02 July 2004 17:50, Thomas Adam wrote:
--- Wolfgang Pfeiffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Adam
!root! /home/adam # apt-get upgrade
dist-upgrade should be used here.
In what circumstances is 'upgrade' more appropriate than 'dist-upgrade'?
apt-get upgrade
Will upgrade every package that can be upgraded without removing installed packages or installing new packages
apt-get dist-upgrade
Will upgrade every package that can be upgraded, and does necessary fixing for dependencies (removing installed packages or installing new packages)
In most cases, you just use dist-upgrade; If you do a huge upgrade, like woody>sarge or sarge>sid, then it might be smarter to first do the "safe" part (apt-get upgrade) and then the harder part (apt-get dist-upgrade)
I read somewhere apt-get is not the recommended way for this but it worked fine for me last time I tried ;)
HTH,
Joris
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