Thanks Steve, there are moments when I could strangle our comms TL; but, he does try things from a newcomer perspective. I only ask that he post up working results and leave the rest for his blog.
Regards, Phill. On 13 April 2013 21:43, Yorvyk <yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On 13/04/13 21:24, Ioannis Vranos wrote: > >> I really messed this text today. The correct version: >> >> "dist-upgrade" is equivalent to "upgrade" + it removes obsolete >> packages. >> >> This may be a misunderstanding of what you mean by obsolete but > dist-upgrade doesn't delete obsolete packages. > From synaptic man pages:- > > Obsolete or locally installed - Display only packages that are not (for > longer) included in one of the specified repositories. > > From the man pages for apt:- > > upgrade is used to install the newest versions of all packages currently > installed on the system from the sources enumerated in > /etc/apt/sources.list. Packages currently installed with new versions > available are retrieved and upgraded; under no circumstances are currently > installed packages removed, or packages not already installed retrieved and > installed. New versions of currently installed packages that cannot be > upgraded without changing the install status of another package will be > left at their current version. An update must be performed first so that > apt-get knows that new versions of packages are available. > > 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. So, dist-upgrade command may 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. > > -- > Steve > > > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/** > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- > <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw >
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