On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote: > Sven Joachim wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, apt-get does not have a safe-upgrade command. > > Here I beg to differ. 'apt-get upgrade' is the safe-upgrade mechanism. > Packages cannot be added or removed and dependency chains cannot be > broken.
(AFAICT, the "safe-" is a misnomer...) "aptitude safe-upgrade" allows the installation of a package in order to satisfy a dependency whereas "apt-get upgrade" doesn't. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=sxz-33xon-8nujcmgdmqp2zrsczxuscpjwxkmy-tja...@mail.gmail.com
