Florian Kulzer wrote: > Owen Heisler wrote: > > George Borisov wrote: > > [...] > > > > I think it already is like the dist-upgrade option? After all, it does > > > install new and remove unwanted dependencies. > > > > According to 'man aptitude': > > upgrade - Upgrades installed packages to their most recent version. > > Installed packages will not be removed unless they are unused (see the > > section "Managing Automatically Installed Packages" in the aptitude > > reference manual); packages which are not currently installed will not > > be installed. If a package cannot be upgraded without violating these > > constraints, it will be kept at its current version. > > > > So 'aptitude upgrade' is like 'apt-get upgrade'. But there is no > > 'dist-upgrade' option for aptitude. I don't get it... How can I see, > > in aptitude (interactive), a full dist-upgrade? > > I have the impression that for interactive aptitude "U" followed by "g" > is more or less equivalent to the "dist-upgrade" option from the command > line. I have certainly observed it acting much more "aggressive" than a > mere "upgrade": It removes packages blocking an upgrade and installs new > dependencies. Sometimes, though, it offers you a range of options for > conflict resolution, some of which are more "gentle". > > /usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s01s02.html does not explicitly say > that "U" corresponds to a dist-upgrade, but it states that all > upgradable packages will be marked for an upgrade (unless the user put > them on hold). To me that sounds like "g" does not have much choice other > than attempting the equivalent of a dist-upgrade every time it is > invoked after "U". > > (I am using aptitude 0.4.1-1 which is in Sid and Etch.)
Okay, so hitting "U" in aptitude is more of a dist-upgrade than just upgrade. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
