On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 07:12:54PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 30 Jul 2013, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 08:19:49AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regular > > > upgrade to have the most current files installed instead of just the > > > "fixes" for old installed files. > > > > As discussed on this list in the past, that can get you into trouble! > > > > The recommended procedure is to upgrade first, THEN dist-upgrade, BUT > > ONLY IF you are satisfied with what is going to be removed and > > replaced. > > > > IOW, answer no to the dist-upgrade question if you are not happy with > > what it is going to do your system. > > All this is common sense, a commodity that's not all that common > anymore. Never update/upgrade via cron. I always check before > pressing Enter even with Stable and plain old upgrade.
I was referring to your statement: "Just remember when updating to use dist-upgrade instead of regular upgrade ..." which is not the recommended practice. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130731091838.GA2234@tal