Nonsense. *apt* will only install what it has to in order to upgrade you, while dselect can and does gift you with a whole new set of software you may not want, since it obeys things like 'Recommends:' that apt has no reason to pay any attention to. The *dependency* resolution between them is identical.
apt-get upgrade will only replace already installed packages. apt-get dist-upgrade will only replace already installed packages, with the caveat that if it is necessary to replace an already installed package, it will allow the installation of a new package. Example: package_a-1 is installed. There is a new one, package_a-2, however it has a dependency on package_b that the -1 package did not. 'upgrade' will not install the new package_a, since it is not allowed to use package_b in its dependency solution. 'dist-upgrade', however, WILL install the new package_a, and package_b as well. dselect, on the other hand, will install the new package_a, install package_b, and a raft of other stuff as well. "Friends Don't Let Friends Use DSELECT". (should be a bumper sticker) ----- Marc Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.moonkingdom.net/mwilson -----Original Message----- From: Joost Kooij [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 4:33 PM To: Phil Reardon Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: broken dist-upgrade On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:03:49PM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > I attempted to "apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade", from potato to woody, > but a few of the larger packages timed out. Almost all of them however made > it to /var/cache/apt. What is the best thing to do next? Redo "apt-get dist-upgrade", it will attempt to restart the unfinished downloads at the point where they broke off. Repeat until all are complete. But really, upgrading your dist should be done with dselect. You can still do that. Just use "install" from its main menu to perform the above, after you've checked the select screen. Cheers, Joost -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
