Francis Gerund: > What was I thinking? (I have some distractions going on right now). > > dist-upgrades? > > Of course. Earlier in this sequence I did ask, to track testing > permanently, should I do: > > sudo apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade > sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Sorry, but to me it appears you simply enter commands you found
somewhere without really knowing what they do. You do not always need to
run the dist-upgrade with --download-only. The option does exactly what
it says and is usually unnecessary to use because the regular
dist-upgrade downloads packages as well.
> 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. The upgrade operation does not upgrade all packages and it even
tells you so ("[…] and X not upgraded"). Please read up on:
- Debian's release process. Here's a gentle overview from a DD:
https://raphaelhertzog.com/2010/10/18/understanding-debians-release-process/
Or see the Debian Administrator's Handbook for a more thorough
overview:
https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.release-lifecycle.html
- The package manager you are using. apt-get's man page describes the
difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade quite clearly and you
don't even have to scroll down very far for that information.
J.
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