Francis Gerund writes: > sudo apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
> I presume that's what you meant. Is the answer yes, then? But if so, > wouldn't that only have to be done once, followed by periodically > doing: > sudo apt-get update && apt-get upgrade No. Testing is in the process of becoming the next release and therefor is subject at any time to the sort of changes that dist-upgrade is intended for. Same is true of Unstable. What you want to do periodically is: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade apt-get -s dist-upgrade Look over what apt-get proposes to do. If it looks ok, sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA
