> > I always use dist-upgrade but there's not a lot a choose. Upgrade > > upgrades installed packages while dist-upgrade can make more > > significant changes. Once Wheezy becomes stable the two should do > > the same thing. However, I prefer to stay in the habit of using > > dist-upgrade (or full-upgrade for aptitude). > > The point is, you are *SAFER* using upgrade. Using dist-upgrade can > remove half your sysytem before you can say OMG! > > I recommend that new users follow Jochen's advice.
This might only apply to Ubuntu but I am sure I have had packages such as kernels with security related updates that needed dist-upgrade to install. So perhaps safer isn't quite the right word. I usually use dist-upgrade and I wonder if using upgrade will allow me to install updates without pulling in jockey and so polkit for steam-launcher. Of course it is no fix but will allow me to stay secure and ignore the problem for now until I do need a dist-upgrade or use equiv. -- _______________________________________________________________________ 'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a universal interface' (Doug McIlroy) _______________________________________________________________________ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
