On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 18:43, Colin Watson wrote: > 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.
Note, though, that "apt-get upgrade" plus the manual "apt-get install" of the held-back packages works perfectly. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jefferson, LA USA Spit in one hand, and wish for peace in the other. Guess which is more effective... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]