On 23 January 2014 20:51, Bob Bernstein <poo...@ruptured-duck.com> wrote: > > A thread about dist-upgrade has me confused. In my experience I have only > ever run 'apt-get dist-upgrade' when I wanted to move from one release to > the next, say, from squeeze to wheezy. > > Similarly, if I wanted to insure I had the latest versions of packages > already installed (and any/all security fixes) I have run 'apt-get update' > followed immediately by 'apt-get upgrade.' > > But the thread currently underway about dist-upgrade suggests that users are > running it rather routinely, and not at all necessarily to move from one > release to the next. > > Can someone please point out what I am missing? > > Thanks, >
Were those users using Debian stable? I use Sid so I usually dist-upgrade as long it isn't going obviously affect my system, i.e removing applications I want to keep. -- rob -- 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/caozwb-ox16ey3rev9nna5u9dnqd9zxpsdpvv9ld2uanq_qc...@mail.gmail.com