Jules Dubois <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 'apt-get upgrade' is restricted (and therefore safer) in that: > > under no circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or > packages not already installed retrieved and installed. > > This isn't sufficient for 'unstable', as both of the package-state changes > above are required regularly.
RTFM (release notes, actually) tells me that I should use dist-upgrade when switching distros, but RTFM (that I could find) does not tell me when to use dist-upgrade when not switching distros. How does one know when to use dist-upgrade? Is there an announcement email somewhere? Does aptitude give some sort of a sign (that I'm missing)? Is this something that you just run regularly? If this is something you run regularly on unstable, then I suppose one should also run it regularly on testing. Right? In that case, I should probably run it on my testing systems, eh? Since I had never run dist-upgrade during the entire sarge lifecycle, this should be interesting... Thanks. -- Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.newt.com/wohler/ GnuPG ID:610BD9AD Maintainer of comp.mail.mh FAQ and MH-E. Vote Libertarian! If you're passed on the right, you're in the wrong lane. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
