On Sun, Aug 24, 2003 at 01:27:52PM -0400, David Crane wrote: > In the other branch of this thread, I asked whether multiple rounds of > "apt-get upgrade" would be needed to bring a 3.0rev1 "woody" distribution > up to a current "testing" distribution.
Here's the documentation of 'upgrade' from the apt-get(8) man page: note the "under no circumstances" bit, which is important for a distribution like testing or unstable where packages are in substantial flux. upgrade upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are cur- rently installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. Repeated runs of 'apt-get upgrade' should be no more effective than a single run. Here's the documentation of 'dist-upgrade'. dist-upgrade dist-upgrade, in addition to performing the function of upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependen- cies with new versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The /etc/apt/sources.list file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for individual packages. The problems you're having with dist-upgrade are probably because certain packages have had to be forced into testing a little earlier than normally possible in order to overcome roadblocks in development. The problems caused by this are slated to be resolved gradually as we move towards the next release. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]