[endosquid at endosquid.com: Re: [TAG] I hate to disagree...http://linuxgazette.net/108/lg_mail.html]

[Kapil Hari Paranjape]

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From: Brendan <endosquid at endosquid.com>
To: TAG <tag at lists.linuxgazette.net>
To: Kapil Hari Paranjape <kapil at imsc.res.in>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:58:55 -0500

On Thursday 18 November 2004 21:34, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 03:36:44PM -0500, Brendan wrote:
> > The command is: apt-get dist-upgrade
> >
> > I know, because I do it everyday.
>
> You should avoid doing this for more reasons than one!
>
> 1. Since there are only three versions of Debian at any given time
>    you will reach the top of the charts in exactly two days! Once you
>    already run "unstable" (or "testing" for that matter), running
>
>    	apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
>
>    should do the trick.
>
> 2. There is more to life than keeping up with the Joneses...
>
> Regards,
>
> Kapil.
> (reformed "apt-get upgrade"r).

I think you may have missed the point of my email.
Heather said:
"[sic] folks. Debian's actual command (to do mass upgrades without breaking 
holds or allowing package removals for apps that changed drastically) is: 
apt-get upgrade dist -- Heather"

I was saying that the command is `apt-get dist-upgrade` or `apt-get upgrade`. 
but I've never heard of `apt-get upgrade dist`,like she said. From the man 
page:

       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 /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.

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