On Sat 26 May 2018 at 15:45:02 (-0400), Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: > On 5/26/18, Pétùr <peturv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Le 25/05/2018 à 21:33, Joe a écrit : > >>> Le 19/05/2018 à 21:03, Hans a écrit : > >>>> Isn't it today "apt update" and "apt full-upgrade"? > >>> Thanks, I didn't know this new "full-upgrade" command. > >>> > >>> Is "apt full-upgrade" equivalent to "apt-get dist-upgrade" (or apt > >>> dist-upgrade)? > > > >> More or less. Apt-get is actually a bit less intelligent, but in the > >> case of upgrades of very large numbers of packages (400+), that seems to > >> work better. It has been recommended for several version upgrades in > >> preference to aptitude. > >> > >> I haven't used apt, but I've used aptitude to upgrade long-neglected > >> unstable installations, and I've known it to run overnight without > >> finding a solution. > >> > >> For smaller numbers of packages, aptitude (and presumably apt) is > >> generally quicker at reaching a solution, apt-get may have to be run a > >> few times with selected packages to break an impasse. > > > > I don't use aptitude. I use only apt and apt-get but I believe apt is > > just a shortcut for apt-get. `apt update` is equivalent for me to > > `apt-get update` and `apt dist-upgrade` to `apt-get dist-upgrade` > > (correct me if I am wrong). > > > On occasion, I'm able to interchangeably use a suggest apt command > with apt-get instead. That's most likely not 100%, though. Just means > I got lucky a time or ten. :) > > > > My question was if apt (or apt-get) dist-upgrade was equivalent of apt > > (or apt-get) full-upgrade? > > > I can't directly answer your question, but I *could* at least grab > something from "man". :) > > >From "man apt-get" (I only found dist-upgrade referenced there): > > dist-upgrade : dist-upgrade in addition to performing the function of > upgrade, also intelligently handles changing dependencies with new > versions of packages; apt-get has a "smart" conflict resolution > system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important packages at > the expense of less important ones if necessary. The dist-upgrade > command may therefore remove some packages. The /etc/apt/sources.list > file contains a list of locations from which to retrieve desired > package files. See also apt_preferences(5) for a mechanism for > overriding the general settings for individual packages. > > >From "man apt" (I only found full-upgrade referenced there): > > full-upgrade (apt-get(8)): full-upgrade performs the function of > upgrade but will remove currently installed packages if this is needed > to upgrade the system as a whole.
I think that closes the circle: https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2018/05/msg00847.html Of course one is free to try both approaches and compare them in at least a couple of ways: → -s for simulate, → just say no when asked to proceed. Cheers, David.